Editing All Dogs Go to Heaven (section)

=== Critical response ===
''All Dogs Go to Heaven'' received mostly mixed reviews,<ref name="cawley_dogs"/> maintaining a 46% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 28 reviews,<ref name=RottenTomatoes1 /> and a 50 out of 100 score from [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/all-dogs-go-to-heaven |title=All Dogs Go to Heaven |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712211601/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/all-dogs-go-to-heaven |url-status=live }}</ref> Reviewers often drew unfavorable comparisons to ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', criticizing the disjointed narrative, the quality of the animation, and the songs by Charlie Strouse and T.J. Kuenster.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rainer|first=Peter|title=All Dogs Go to Heaven (review)|work=L.A. Times|date=November 17, 1989}}</ref> The film received a "thumbs down" from [[Gene Siskel]] and a "thumbs up" from [[Roger Ebert]] on a 1989 episode of their television program ''[[At the Movies (US TV series)|At the Movies]]''. While Siskel found it to be "surprisingly weak" given director Don Bluth's previous works, largely due to its "confusing story" and "needlessly violent" scenes, Ebert was a huge fan of the film's "rubbery and kind of flexible" animation, stating that it was a good film despite not being an "animated classic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://siskelandebert.org/video/2HXX7H1NH7AA/Back-to-the-Future-Part-II--All-Dogs-Go-to-Heaven--Henry-V-1989 |publisher=Siskel & Ebert.org |access-date=October 30, 2015 |title=Back to the Future Part II / All Dogs Go to Heaven / Henry V (1989) |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030003101/http://siskelandebert.org/video/2HXX7H1NH7AA/Back-to-the-Future-Part-II--All-Dogs-Go-to-Heaven--Henry-V-1989 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some also found the darker subject material objectionable in a family film,<ref>{{cite news|last=Kempley|first=Rita|title='All Dogs Go to Heaven' (G)|work=New York Times|date=November 17, 1989|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/alldogsgotoheaven.htm|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=August 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817214208/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/alldogsgotoheaven.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Carr|first=Jay|title=All Dogs Go to Heaven Review|work=Boston Globe|date=November 17, 1989}}</ref> given the film's depictions of death, violence, theft, drinking, smoking, gambling, murder, demons, and images of Hell. Other reviews were mostly positive, with critics praising the film's emotional qualities, humor, and vibrant color palette.<ref name=Ebert>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=All Dogs Go to Heaven Movie Review|publisher=RogerEbert.com|date=November 17, 1989|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/all-dogs-go-to-heaven-1989|access-date=October 20, 2015|archive-date=October 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026161742/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/all-dogs-go-to-heaven-1989|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kehr|first=Dave|title=All Dogs Go to Heaven Review |work=Chicago Tribune |date=November 17, 1989}}</ref> Roger Ebert, who was unimpressed with Bluth's previous film ''An American Tail'', gave it three out of four stars, remarking that the animation "permits such a voluptuous use of color that the movie is an invigorating bath for the eyes" and that although he preferred ''The Little Mermaid'', which opened on the same day, he still found ''All Dogs Go to Heaven'' to be bright and inventive.<ref name=Ebert/> In contrast, film critic [[Leonard Maltin]] gave it one-and-a-half out of four stars, due to unappealing characters, confusing storytelling, and forgettable songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themoviegeek.com/moviedetail.php?id=1039 |title=Movie Detail: All Dogs Go to Heaven |access-date=October 26, 2015 |publisher=The Movie Geek |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080934/http://www.themoviegeek.com/moviedetail.php?id=1039 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Common Sense Media]] was concerned about the depictions of illegal drug usage and excessive dark thematic elements in a family oriented movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/all-dogs-go-to-heaven|title=All Dogs Go To Heaven|work=[[Common Sense Media]]|date=8 September 2009|access-date=12 September 2019|archive-date=24 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824054417/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/all-dogs-go-to-heaven|url-status=live}}</ref>