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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Associated PressBob ThomasThe Associated PressBob ThomasFire and Ice combines fairy tale with sword-and-sorcery for a visually impressive, often exciting feat of animation. [05 Sep 1983]
- 70Ralph Bakshi's newest animation feature is interesting for two special reasons: (1) the production represents a clear design on Bakshi's part to capture a wider and younger audience and (2) the animation marks the film debut of America's leading exponent of heroic fantasy art, Frank Frazetta, who coproduced.
- 67The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonSurprisingly realistic for an animated film of the time, but it's also as visually stiff and staid as any cut-rate sword-and-sorcery film, and just as formula-bound.
- 60IGNIGNThe wafer-thin story and cookie-cutter characters are laughably standard. Then again, there is a part of me that enjoys the fact that the filmmakers didn't try to make this meaningful, they just want the audience to sit back and stare at this world (and Teegra's curves) in all of its Frazetta-inspired glory.
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe backgrounds and characters, though ambitiously executed, aren't particularly compatible, because there's nothing in Mr. Frazetta's steep phallic landscapes that speaks to Mr. Bakshi's overly sleek cavemen.
- 40Time OutTime OutIt may well satisfy a low IQ, pubescent (probably) male Iron Maiden fan, but the rest of us are poorly served.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe childish narrative, doubtless inspired by a spate of similar duds such as Conan the Barbarian, is marred by poor story continuity and terrible transitions.
- 20EmpireDan JolinEmpireDan JolinBetter avoided unless you're doing a study on vaguely titillating rubbish 80s animation.