The Last Unicorn will endure as a film for reasons both intellectual and aesthetic. It's full of rich ideas and revisions of outdated, sexist stereotypes, and thereby feels more modern than many animated classics.

The Last Unicorn represents a rare example of an animated kids' pic in which the script and vocal performances outshine the visuals.

Some horrific moments (the mark of the best fairytales) and some sublimely witty lines.

The heavy-hoofed red bull and an interlude in which the unicorn is conscripted into a traveling circus alongside a harpy are so visually striking and wordlessly monstrous that they’ll lodge themselves in your gray matter forever.