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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like The Adventures of the American Rabbit, this is an offbeat animated fable about small, vulnerable heroes confronting a larger world, with handmade-looking imagery and a surprisingly earnest emotional pull.
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Why this pick
A sincere animal-centered adventure with an ordinary parent drawn into hidden danger and wonder. Its darker, more detailed fantasy world retains the same old-school animated-family-film spirit.
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Why this pick
This keeps the vintage animated-musical charm, broad villainy, magical transformations, and wholehearted heroism that define American Rabbit, while delivering a more polished fairy-tale romance.
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Why this pick
Another bright 1980s animated children’s adventure in which familiar small animals become globe-trotting heroes. Its songs, simple stakes, and cheerful sincerity echo American Rabbit’s era and appeal.
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Why this pick
This Canadian animated special shares the eccentric animal cast, environmental fantasy, musical energy, and lightly comic menace of American Rabbit, with the same comforting Saturday-morning-animation texture.
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01 / THE STORY
The story begins just after the birth of Robert Rabbit (Barry Gordon). As his parents and friends welcome him into the world, a mysterious old rabbit who walks with a Walking stick greets young Rob and disappears. The old rabbit shows up a few more times throughout Rob's childhood, always disappearing after making comments or inquiries about his talents and attitude. One day, when Rob's parents become endangered by a falling boulder, he sprints toward them and changes into a striped and star-spangled superhero on golden rollerskates. The old rabbit reappears and tells Rob that he is the American Rabbit, capable of changing into superhero form when he sprints and changing back to normal when he says his own name.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
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