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  • 1972
  • TV-MA
  • Cinemation Industries
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 1972
  • TV-MA
  • Cinemation Industries
  • 1 h 18 m
Fritz the Cat

Summary Fritz (voiced by Skip Hinnant), an anthropomorphic feline in mid-1960s New York City, explores the ideals of hedonism and sociopolitical consciousness. The film is a satire focusing on American college life of the era, race relations, the free love movement, and left- and right-wing politics.

Directed By: Ralph Bakshi

Written By: Robert Crumb, Ralph Bakshi

  • 1972
  • TV-MA
  • Cinemation Industries
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 1972
  • TV-MA
  • Cinemation Industries
  • 1 h 18 m

Fritz the Cat

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
54
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Fritz (voiced by Skip Hinnant), an anthropomorphic feline in mid-1960s New York City, explores the ideals of hedonism and sociopolitical consciousness. The film is a satire focusing on American college life of the era, race relations, the free love movement, and left- and right-wing politics.

Directed By: Ralph Bakshi

Written By: Robert Crumb, Ralph Bakshi

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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70
A low, bawdy cartoon feature that hasn't forgotten that there still can be something uniquely funny in animated films that exaggerate human actions and emotions (in this case, love, rage, compassion and, especially, lust) to the extraordinary extents available only in cartoons.
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70
Excellent animation and montage shore up a plot which has a few howls, several chuckles and many smiles.
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17% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Hosea0102
Feb 22, 2024
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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KieranRhino
Jul 22, 2023
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Despite some ingenious effects, a generally trivial exercise that never matches the punch of the original.
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50
Contemporary viewers are more likely to find Fritz the Cat a mildly amusing period piece, as dated as a Nehru jacket.
By Charles Solomon FULL REVIEW
50
Bakshi's animation is good, and the visuals—which marvelously capture the grainy, lowering look of the Manhattan streetscape—are raucous, ingenious and convincing. But Fritz the Cat is, for a cartoon, exasperatingly slow: Bakshi's sense of pace and editing is snail-like, and the dialogue mostly naive and muffled.
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All in all, Fritz is best observed as a cultural artifact, with its success allowing Bakshi to follow it up with more heartfelt projects such as Heavy Traffic (1973) and Coonskin (1975).
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50
Ralph Bakshi gathered retired animators from all over the world to work on his 1972 film, misleadingly billed as the first feature-length cartoon for adults. The results, inevitably, were disappointing; Bakshi just didn't have the money to make it right.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
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Gamzguy17
Aug 21, 2021
Ambitious in lewdness and commendable in exploitation of the late 60's/early 70's young adult societal culture, "Fritz the Cat" is an inspiring piece of debut film-length animation by Ralph Bakshi and his team that ultimately asks us the question, "What have we got left to lose?"
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Djames384
Dec 28, 2020
Possessing an important social commentary and criticism, Fritz the Cat is a defining moment in adult animation. Unfortunately, where it's scorning is entertaining and often hilarious, it lacks proper structure in terms of storyline and narrative.
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Production Company Fritz Productions, Aurica Finance Company, Steve Krantz Productions
Release Date Apr 14, 1972
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline The CAT that got the CREAM!
Website http://www.ralphbakshi.com/films.php?film=fritzthecat
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