The Amazing Maurice

Name: The Amazing Maurice
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: February 3, 2023
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Ariyon Bakare, David Thewlis, Emilia Clarke, Gemma Arterton, Himesh Patel

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Sky | Release Date: February 3, 2023 | PG

Starring: Ariyon Bakare, David Thewlis, Emilia Clarke, Gemma Arterton, Himesh Patel, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Laurie, Joe Sugg, Julie Atherton, Rob Brydon

Summary: This story follows Maurice, a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate.

Director: Florian Westermann and Toby Genkel

Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 93 min

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Bobby LePire

Feb 1, 2023

Most of the cast is excellent, and the writing is very clever. Couple those elements with the fun, cartoony animation, and one gets a pleasing little family film that, thankfully, does not fit into a specific mold. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Feb 1, 2023

Courtesy of source material by offbeat fantasy maestro Terry Pratchett, it’s genuinely eccentric enough — with its sly talking cat, intrepid band of gold-hearted rats and chronic aversion to keeping the fourth wall intact — to come off as charming rather than smarmy. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Feb 1, 2023

Stuffed with motormouths and throwaway gags, the chunky animation can be a little off-putting, but its momentary ugliness feeds into its delightfully dark villains, its underdog heroes and the strange story tying them all together. Read full review

The Guardian Cath Clarke

Feb 1, 2023

This is a film with a lot of charm, and gives cinema its most lovable rats since Ratatouille. But I did wonder at points who the audience is. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Feb 1, 2023

The Amazing Maurice just has a frustrating way of making smart ideas seem uninspired and funny jokes not funny. It’s all in the execution, and the executioner has their hood on backwards and keeps swinging the axe anyway. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Feb 3, 2023

It could be because of deviations from the source, the bland visual style of the film that’s just unambitious enough to be annoying, or the unengaging story, but The Amazing Maurice is, well, less-than-amazing. Only a game voice cast keeps it from total disaster. Read full review

Barry Levitt

Feb 1, 2023

Despite a villain that does everything possible to elevate The Amazing Maurice, this is a forgettable movie. I think kids will have a decent time with it. Adults won't be as fortunate, and it'll take a lot of restraint to not stare at their watches. Read full review

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DrOook

Feb 13, 2023

En tant que fan de Sir Terry Pratchett, j’ai trouvé vraiment chouette que les réalisateurs aient réussi à retrouver l’esprit du livre. L’humour, le côté sombre, la critique sociale… la seule chose qui ne me convient pas, c’est finalement le design assez convenu des personnages principaux.En tant que fan de Sir Terry Pratchett, j’ai trouvé vraiment chouette que les réalisateurs aient réussi à retrouver l’esprit du livre. L’humour, le côté sombre, la critique sociale… la seule chose qui ne me convient pas, c’est finalement le design assez convenu des personnages principaux. Mais finalement c’est juste un détail. Je suis content que mes enfants de 4 et 7 ans y aient pris du plaisir et aussi y aient eu des sensations .

Bon divertissement. Intelligent et malin.… Expand

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alanpotter17

Feb 11, 2023

Consegue ser muito divertido e criar personagens realmente simpáticos, ainda que com a velha fórmula unidimensional: quem é bom é bom, e quem é mau é mau, exceto pelo gato principal, e o filme explora muito bem essa faceta de Maurice.
No geral, o roteiro flerta com diversos contos de fadas,Consegue ser muito divertido e criar personagens realmente simpáticos, ainda que com a velha fórmula unidimensional: quem é bom é bom, e quem é mau é mau, exceto pelo gato principal, e o filme explora muito bem essa faceta de Maurice.
No geral, o roteiro flerta com diversos contos de fadas, em especial com o flautista mágico e gato lembra bem o da Alice. Ele se junta aos ratos e, junto de um garoto doce e simpático, saem de cidade em cidade encenando o que seria uma limpeza na cidade com o garoto sendo o flautista e os ratos atuando na hipnose. Parece simples, mas é muito bem feito.
Algumas cenas realmente tiveram enquadramento interessante, como algumas lutas, não ficou óbvio tecnicamente falando, o que confere um saldo muito positivo à trama. A solução final envolvendo as 7 vidas do gato ficou muito boa. Enfim, é um filme feito para ter cenas movimentadas, sem a profundidade da Pixar, ou momentos de contemplação, ainda que consiga cumprir exatamente o que promete, muita diversão. Valeu o ingresso.… Expand

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