Aristocats (1970)

Aristocats: Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. With Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers. 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.

“The Aristocats is really quite charming, and is rated far too low on IMDb. The songs arenu0026#39;t as memorable as the ones in the Jungle Book, but they werenu0026#39;t bad at all, Everybody wants to be a Cat is a classic and the title song is brilliantly sung by Gigiu0026#39;s Maurice Chavelier. The animation is really lovely, the best sequence being the landscape of Paris in general. It looked beautiful. This is probably Disneyu0026#39;s most relaxing animation I think, and as another reviewer quite rightly said, who doesnu0026#39;t love cats? Another great piece of animation was Ou0026#39; Malley looking into Duchessu0026#39;s eyes, as their romance was so believable while not obvious.(a good thing)The plot(about a greedy butler and a fortune, reminds me of Baileyu0026#39;s Billions) was a little unoriginal, but worked very well, and the script was really funny, especially the fights between the kittens. They remind me of me and my brother and 3 sisters, always fighting. My favourite scene was the chase of Edgar with the two dogs, who were always fighting about who was the leader. The voice talents were a delight, most notably Phil Harris, whom I recognised from the Jungle Book, and Eva Gabor, from the Rescuers. The supporting characters, namely Scat Cat, were also well done. In conclusion, a really pleasant film, that is definitely underrated. 8.5/10 Bethany Cox”