As the fascinating extras on the Blu-ray edition prove, Don Bluth risked a lot when he made his break from the Disney Studios to make his own animated feature films. It’s nice to see that the fruit of his labors still looks great nearly 30 years after it was first released. The story of a pack of mutated mice who escape a sinister science lab (NIMH stands for National Institute for Mental Health) is far creepier than just about any other animated movie you’ve ever seen, although the comic relief of a talking crow named Jeremy (Dom DeLuise) does a good job of breaking the tension when young viewers need it the most.
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