
Danny is a cat leaving his small town home for the big time in Hollywood. He comes in hoping to sing and dance his way into stardom, not knowing that animals can only be extras, and if he forgets his place, child starlet Darla Dimple and her musclehead butler Max have ways of reminding him.... (Full plot summary below)
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Danny is a cat leaving his small town home for the big time in Hollywood. He comes in hoping to sing and dance his way into stardom, not knowing that animals can only be extras, and if he forgets his place, child starlet Darla Dimple and her musclehead butler Max have ways of reminding him.
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| Los Angeles TimesJack MathewsA startling miscalculation. It has lots of cute animals... But blending parody and nostalgia about an era half a century removed from the lives of the core audience seems a foolish indulgence |
| Boston GlobeMichael SaundersWhile the animated characters, bright colors and an appealing Randy Newman score may keep the children content, Cats Don't Dance is no saccharine fantasy. Its Hollywood references and dark satire constitute its real strengths. |
| SlashfilmWitney SeiboldCats Don't Dance is hilarious and infectious. Dindal was clearly a student of 1930s Warner Bros. cartoons, and wasn't interested in the slick, human figures of a Disney film. He wanted to go off-model, letting the characters squash and stretch with the best of them. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackAdults may have more fun watching this engaging film, which cleverly paints Hollywood as a treacherously duplicitous place even though it turns out some of the most joyous entertainments on earth. |
| Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisCats Don't Dance is a cinematic anomaly: an animated film that could have more appeal for adults than for children. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertCats Don't Dance is not compelling and it's not a breakthrough, but on its own terms, it works well. Whether this will appeal to kids is debatable; the story involves a time and a subject they're not much interested in. But the songs by Randy Newman are catchy, the look is bright, the spirits are high and fans of Hollywood's golden age might find it engaging. |
| Austin ChronicleRobert FairesCats Don't Dance is an inspired movie movie, one that celebrates and spoofs cinema with wit, verve, and a breathless enthusiasm for the form. |
| The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSo many feature cartoons of this era operate under formula constraints; the animation of Cats Don’t Dance often feels exuberantly free. |
| StaciWilson.comStaci Layne WilsonCute kid-flick, and a must-see for Scott Bakula fans. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyDecked out with sharp and colorful design work, some well-drawn characters and six snappy Randy Newman tunes, this first entry from Turner Feature Animation goes down very easily but lacks a hook to make it anything other than a minor kidpic entry commercially. |