The Rabbi's Cat

Name: The Rabbi's Cat
Genre: Adventure, Animation
Released: December 7, 2012
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 74

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GKIDS | Release Date: December 7, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Set in Algeria in the 1920s, this animated feature spotlights a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.

Director: Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar

Genre(s): Adventure, Animation

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Tasha Robinson

Dec 6, 2012

While the scenes don't always fit together thematically or tonally, each one is its own polished gem. Read full review

Sarah Fisch

Dec 6, 2012

An absorbing, nuanced, and vividly animated tale of adventure, ambivalent morality, colonial injustice, talking animals, and the vagaries of religious zeal and colonialism. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 6, 2012

The film presents an often sharp commentary on dueling beliefs and idiocies that unfolds in lush pastel hues and distinctively retro drawings. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Dec 6, 2012

Though we wander a bit, the trip is a delight, thanks to the witty company. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jan 17, 2013

It's a wild and vivid ride and a spirited reminder of the kinship between Jewish and Arab cultural traditions. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Dec 6, 2012

This feature-length 3D adaptation of Sfar's comicbook series shares many of the same virtues and problems of his solo, live-action helming debut, the biopic "Gainsbourg," in that it is often colorful, witty and inspired, but also too episodic, and lacks a strong ending. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Dec 7, 2012

The movie is trying to do far too much and doesn't do anything well. "Ambitious" isn't the word here; "random" is more like it. Read full review

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Bikerjames

Jul 6, 2015

The movie meanders aimlessly from scene to scene, but is imminently watchable due to the sparkling dialogue. The movie easily handles heavy topics like racism and religion with a good sense of humor. The artwork is beautiful throughout, that is I think it is because the Blu-ray edition IThe movie meanders aimlessly from scene to scene, but is imminently watchable due to the sparkling dialogue. The movie easily handles heavy topics like racism and religion with a good sense of humor. The artwork is beautiful throughout, that is I think it is because the Blu-ray edition I watched was only available in French with English subtitles and they talk so fast in the film I was looking at the bottom of the screen reading most of the time. You better be a speed reader. I don't think the movie has ever been dubbed in English. This is animation for adults only - there is even a brutal killing in it. Highly recommended.… Expand

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