The Last Unicorn

1982 "There's magic in believing!"
7.3| 1h32m| G| en
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From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard.

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Pluskylang Great Film overall
Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
Kristie Ann Webb This movie isn't really for youngsters under 12 due to perverse contents, involving profanity, depictions of human breast, animal decapitation, and human deaths. And the MPAA rated this film "G"!? Seriously!? MPAA should have known better by rating it higher, such as PG. It would have been better if it was given a PG-13 since some contents on this movie are way over the heads of little ones because little children don't deserve to watch movies with adult contents.
KDCarson ***Spoiler***Good old time classic fairy tale concerning courage, perseverance, friendship, beauty and love. Yep, all that crammed into and hour and a half format. One of the interesting things about this movie is the sad tone that it keeps while telling its story. As if all the trials that the heroes endure would never need to be if people weren't such greedy selfish characters. However, our brave and beautiful Unicorn does find some good friends to help her on the way to free her fellow Unicorns. Other heroes find some or part of what they are looking for during the film which is very much in keeping with the theme that life is something of a compromise. All the voice acting is good with Mia Farrow doing a great job as the principle. Christopher Lee can't help but be good in his part. Like I said, sad tone all through movie despite its happy ending. Of all the movies Rankin and Bass did, this is one of their best.
TheBlueHairedLawyer I often don't give movies like this one 10/10 stars, but The Last Unicorn is a definite exception. With its flawless and dazzling animation, lovable characters, talented voice cast and beautiful soundtrack, this is a movie that at first might seem pretty nerdy but quickly gets better as it goes on.When a lone unicorn (voiced by Mia Farrow from Rosemary's Baby and The Haunting of Julia), discovers that she may be the last unicorn on earth, she goes on a quest to find her kind before it's too late. She gets captured for a carnival show though and meets a clumsy magician on the way, and later on an aging but once-beautiful woman who both quickly become her closest friends. As they go into the mystery of what's happened to the other unicorns, the plot gets darker and darker and a suspenseful thrill-ride. For an animated movie I was really surprised at how detailed the scenery and characters were, the main unicorn herself especially. And the movie has its comedic moments (the magician being nearly smothered to death in the boobs of a talking tree was pretty disturbing but funny). And who doesn't love the butterfly, or the cat with the eyepatch? There are so many colorful characters and animals in this movie! I'd highly recommend checking this movie out, it's definitely worth watching, even if you aren't a fan of this sort of plot it has something for everyone.
DangerAwesome "The Last Unicorn" is an animated film with great drawings, decent animation, a mediocre plot, and horrible pacing. The pacing is dictated by the music. The music is both a strength and a weakness.The plot could easily have been condensed into way less than that of a feature film. Frequent breaks for musical numbers is the only reason it reaches 90 minutes. And even then, the non-music parts of it are rather slow. I'm not saying the music in the movie is a bad thing, but it both lives and dies by it. On one hand the music isn't that great by itself, but on the other hand the movie seems designed to fit itself around the tone of the music. And in that way it fits very well.The one thing I loved about this movie was the drawings. Especially when they showed the darker and evil characters. The drawings for the red bull and harpy Celaeno were amazing. The contrast to the unicorn and her overly contoured childlike drawing helped set them apart and make them amazing as they were.The movie is full of holes if you are thinking about it too hard. It's too slow, the music isn't that good, Molly Grue cries out "Schmendrick!" at least 10,000 times. It's one of those movies with a good concept and good morals, but if you try to dissect it you will succeed. I'd bet young girls will love it. To an adult it's not as unbearable as the title may suggest, but it's nothing spectacular.