The Aristocats
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When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.
What critics thought
A modest, genial Disney effort that earned generally favorable notices on release but has never quite shaken the reputation of being minor-league compared to the studio's classics. Critics consistently praised the voice cast and the jazzy musical sequences while splitting sharply on whether the thin, borrowed story and episodic structure add up to anything more than pleasant time-passing.
“light and pleasant and funny, the characterization is strong, and the voices of Phil Harris (O'Malley the Alley Cat) and Eva Gabor (Duchess, the mother cat) are charming in their absolute rightness.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“lacks a certain kind of vigor, boldness and dash, a kind of a hard-focused emphasis which you would say was a Disney trademark.”
Charles Champlin·Los Angeles Times
“artwork and story do not compare to the truly great Disney films Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi and Dumbo but there is enough juvenile humor to keep the children in their seats for the 78 minutes.”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Wolfgang ReithermanDirector
Phil HarrisO'Malley (voice)
Eva GaborDuchess (voice)
Sterling HollowayRoquefort (voice)
Scatman CrothersScat Cat (voice)
Paul WinchellChinese Cat (voice)
Vito ScottiItalian Cat (voice)
Thurl RavenscroftRussian Cat (voice)
Nancy KulpFrou-Frou (voice)
George BrunsComposer
Vance GerryWriter
Ken AndersonWriter
Frank ThomasWriterKen AndersonCinematographyThe Aristocats
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.
What critics thought
A modest, genial Disney effort that earned generally favorable notices on release but has never quite shaken the reputation of being minor-league compared to the studio's classics. Critics consistently praised the voice cast and the jazzy musical sequences while splitting sharply on whether the thin, borrowed story and episodic structure add up to anything more than pleasant time-passing.
“light and pleasant and funny, the characterization is strong, and the voices of Phil Harris (O'Malley the Alley Cat) and Eva Gabor (Duchess, the mother cat) are charming in their absolute rightness.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“lacks a certain kind of vigor, boldness and dash, a kind of a hard-focused emphasis which you would say was a Disney trademark.”
Charles Champlin·Los Angeles Times
“artwork and story do not compare to the truly great Disney films Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi and Dumbo but there is enough juvenile humor to keep the children in their seats for the 78 minutes.”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Wolfgang ReithermanDirectorPhil HarrisO'Malley (voice)Eva GaborDuchess (voice)Sterling HollowayRoquefort (voice)Scatman CrothersScat Cat (voice)Paul WinchellChinese Cat (voice)Vito ScottiItalian Cat (voice)Thurl RavenscroftRussian Cat (voice)Nancy KulpFrou-Frou (voice)George BrunsComposerVance GerryWriterKen AndersonWriterFrank ThomasWriterKen AndersonCinematographyStream
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