A Cat in Paris (2012)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 59
Fresh: 48 | Rotten: 11
A Cat in Paris depicts a stylish, imaginative world with a wonderful soundtrack and Hitchcockian overtones.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 5
A Cat in Paris depicts a stylish, imaginative world with a wonderful soundtrack and Hitchcockian overtones.
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Dino is a pet cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little mute girl whose mother, Jeanne, is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night he sneaks out the window to work with Nico - a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion - as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline. The cat's two worlds collide when young Zoe decides to follow Dino on his nocturnal adventures - and falls
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Cast
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Marcia Gay Harden
Jeanne (English Version... -
Dominique Blanc
Jeanne, Jeanne (French ... -
Anjelica Huston
Claudine (English Versi... -
Bernadette Lafont
Claudine (French Versio... -
JB Blanc
Victor Costa (English V... -
Jean Benguigui
Victor Costa, Victor Co... -
Lauren Weintraub
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Oriane Zani
Zoé (French Version) -
Matthew Modine
Lucas (English Version) -
Bernard Bouillon
Lucas, Lucas (French Ve... -
Steven Blum
Nico (English Version) -
Bruno Salomone
Nico, Nico (French Vers... -
Mike Pollock
Additional Voices (Engl... -
Barbara Goodson
Additional Voices (Engl... -
Phillipe Hartman
Mister Hulot (English V... -
Kristen Rutherford
Additional Voices (Engl... -
Eric Bauza
Additional Voices (Engl... -
Gregory Cupoli
Mister Frog (English Ve... -
Marc Thompson
Frank (English Version)... -
Patrick Ridremont
Gangster (French Versio... -
Jacques Ramade
Gangster (French Versio... -
Jean-Pierre Yvars
Gangster (French Versio... -
Patrick Descamps
Gangster (French Versio...
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All Critics (59) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (11) | DVD (1)
A Cat in Paris is thrilling, and a thrilling example of traditional ink and paint cartooning.
Top Critic[It] glories in striking silhouettes, a slinky '50s beat, a bright storybook palette and an entrancing brand of make-believe that grown-ups can believe in.
An animated delight, and certainly not just for kids.
"A Cat in Paris" has a jazzy, relaxed beauty; it's old-school, hand-drawn animation, and you sense the fun the artists were having.
At a little over an hour, it's a slight but visually charming adventure.
"A Cat in Paris" has a low-key charm and pleasurably laconic visual style.
This French import is a welcome (read: hand-drawn as opposed to CGI) movie that packs a lot of punch in its hour-long running time.
It's a fun and exciting film that both kids and adults can enjoy.
Come for the film, stay for the urban-mural visuals, leave vaguely satisfied.
Twentysomething caped-crusader fans may get a warmer buzz of nostalgia here than they will at The Dark Knight Rises.
While the fluid hand-drawn animation provides a pleasant stylistic alternative to the predominance of 3D computer animation in the marketplace, the story leaves a lot to be desired.
Animated thriller's action makes it best for older kids.
Imagine Disney's The Rescuers had it been directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and you're zeroing in on the tone of this Oscar-nominated charmer.
If you're an animation buff or a lover of Paris, you won't be disappointed.
Like a cat nap, it gives us a brief, refreshing dream with little to remember.
Although "A Cat in Paris" is new and was nominated for this year's animation Oscar, it already has the feel of a movie that will stand the test of time.
A Cat in Paris falters in the middle with too much farcical plot involving a clumsy, murderous gang, but it finds itself with a neat climax amidst the gargoyles atop the Notre Dame cathedral.
Directors Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol favor a modish visual style and a jazzy score, both of which are charming.
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Foreign Titles
- Die Katze von Paris (DE)
- A Cat in Paris (Une vie de chat) (UK)
Eminently forgettable, A Cat in Paris doesn't offer much. The plot is fairly basic, and the revenge fantasy is overbearing and lacking in any subtlety. The animation is neither realistic nor stylized.
Overall, this is a short film, but I can't say a lot about it because it doesn't say a lot for itself.