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The Aristocats

1970

Wolfgang Reitherman

Animation, Voice: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway ...

6.5

52,949

Animation. Musical. Kids Set in 1910 in Paris. After high-society cat Duchess and her three kittens inherit a fortune from their mistress, a greedy butler plots to get rid of them -- and collect the cash himself. The villainous servant kidnaps the entire feline family and takes them far away from their comfortable Paris home. A bunch of animal pals come to the rescue however, and help restore the cats to their proper place. The heroic rescuers include the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is light and pleasant and funny, the characterization is strong, and the voices of Phil Harris (...) and Eva Gabor (...) are charming (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Howard Thompson The New York Times	"Funny, warm and sweet (...) The real beauty of the picture, which is as amusing, smoothly machined and beautifully colored as any Disney should be, is in the characterizations"
		Philip Thomas Empire	"[It is] not as good as you remember (...) Amusing and imaginative and, of course, beautifully animated (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Dull, careless, and all too typical of the Disney studio's slapdash output"
		Charles Solomon Los Angeles Times	"Anachronisms abound (...) Even at their least original, the Disney artists provide better animation--and more entertainment--than the recent animated features [80s]"
		Noel Murray AV Club	"It's a programmer, pure and simple (...) 'The Aristocats' has elements that'll appeal to Disney aficionados."
		Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"The delight in this Disney movie, set in a charmingly detailed Paris in the early 20th century, is the brilliant matching of voices to visuals (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Walter Addiego SFGATE	"This animated Disney feature isn't in the same league as the studio's early masterpieces ('Snow White', 'Pinocchio'), but it's still worth seeing"
		Wally Hammond Time Out	"The ersatz Parisian atmosphere, circa 1910, is a wonder (...) Purr-fect."
		Eric Henderson Slant	"'Aristocats' merges visual vitality with bestial fidelity. Both are ultimately retrograde in their intentions, but come to some sort of redemption (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

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