this is don bluth's #1 masterpiece if you ask me. it is dark, beautifully animated, and emotionally complex. i think the premise, following a widowed mother on a quest to rescue her home and family, is much more mature than most aimed at kids, and yet mrs. brisby has such a determined innocence to her that i had no problem relating to her struggle even when i was a young child. she is wonderful, the animation is wonderful, justin is a great gateway to being a furry, this one has it all.