The Aristocats

Name: The Aristocats
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Animation, Family
Released: December 24, 1970
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Dean Clark, Eva Gabor, Liz English, Lord Tim Hudson, Paul Winchell

1970

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Buena Vista Distribution Company | Release Date: December 24, 1970 | G

Starring: Dean Clark, Eva Gabor, Liz English, Lord Tim Hudson, Paul Winchell, Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Sterling Holloway, Thurl Ravenscroft, Vito Scotti

Summary: With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman

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

Rating: G

Runtime: 78 min

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The ersatz Parisian atmosphere, circa 1910, is a wonder. As Scatman Crothers has it: 'Everybody's picking up the feline beat, 'cos everything else is ob-so-lete!' Purr-fect. Read full review

Stefan Kanfer

Other animations, such as Heinz Edelmann's Yellow Submarine, may show more audacity. The melodies in Disney's earlier efforts have been richer. But for integration of music, comedy and plot, The Aristocats has no rivals. Read full review

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As funny, warm and sweet an animated, cartoon, package as ever gave a movie marquee a Christmas glow. Read full review

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Helped immeasurably by the voices of Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers and others, plus some outstanding animation, songs, sentiment, some excellent dialog and even a touch of psychedelia. Read full review

Charles Solomon

The plot does little more than link a string of vaguely related episodes, intended to provide comedy, excitement and music. But even at their least original, the Disney artists provide better animation--and more entertainment--than the recent animated features Read full review

Empire Philip Thomas

Amusing and imaginative and, of course, beautifully animated, this movie has all the superficial hallmarks of a great Disney picture. Read full review

Dave Kehr

This 1970 animated feature is dull, careless, and all too typical of the Disney studio's slapdash output. Read full review

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FilipeNeto

Mar 17, 2018

When a very rich Parisian lady decides to leave all her assets to her cats, her jealous butler decides to make them disappear so he could have it all. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it features a soundtrack composed by George Bruns.

We are probably facing one of the most underrated filmsWhen a very rich Parisian lady decides to leave all her assets to her cats, her jealous butler decides to make them disappear so he could have it all. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it features a soundtrack composed by George Bruns.

We are probably facing one of the most underrated films of Disney Studios. It has a simple script, based on an inheritance dispute between a butler and a family of cats. The voice actors are good and the work of designers is great. The use of softer tones, combined with a firm but discreet pencil, make it very elegant and charming. The film has some important moral messages: the union of the family, as well as help to those in peril, are values visible in the way the cats help each other. On the other hand, the adverse consequences that the butler suffers show the children the punishment for his envy and greed. In the film, the "dating" between Duchess and O'Malley recalls the dating scenes made twenty years earlier for "The Lady and the Tramp".

One of the most appreciated features of this film is the soundtrack, which contains a number of interesting musical moments, from the song of Siamese cats to the song that kittens sing at the piano. But the most striking piece is "Everybody wants to be a cat." It comes near the climax and it's a very fun jazz, played by the stray cats.… Expand