The Boston Herald hailed the positive impact of An American Tail : Fievel Goes West on feature-length animation .
Both Fievel Goes West and Disney 's Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) began their United States theater runs on November 22 , 1991 ; this was the first-ever instance of two animated films being released on the same day , `` a testimony to the revival of interest in feature-length animation '' according to the Boston Herald .
An American Tail-COLON- Fievel Goes West