Cats & Dogs
Filed Under (Cats) by admin on 29-07-2010
Description
Comedic action-adventure that mixes live action with cutting-edge CGI and animatronic effects. “Cats & Dogs” uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren’t even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs’ efforts to stop the Cats from executing their… More >>
Cats & Dogs
The premise of the movie is clever. Dogs and cats can talk, think, build machines, and are in general as clever or more clever than we humans, but they just keep it all hidden. And they are in perpetual conflict against each other.
The plot is that a human (Jeff Goldblum) is on the verge of discovering a cure for dog allergies, and the cats want to reverse it an make all humans allergic to dogs. It’s rather silly, and just furnishes a backdrop against which to show doghouses with sophisticated electronics, ninja cats, and other aspects of the cat vs. dog conflict.
Tobey McGuire (Spiderman) voices the protagonist dog, a puppy accidentally inserted into the conflict. Alex Baldwin, Joe Pantoliano, and Susan Sarandon do some of the other dogs. One of the great voices of our age, Charleton Heston is the leader of the dogs, but his part is brief. Sean Hayes gives a nice, over-the-top, supervillianesque performance as the cat antagonist, and Jon Lovitz does a good turn as his assistant. In general the animal voices are the highlight of the movie, along with the continually funny joke of the dogs possessing technology and intelligence about which we humans have no clue.
Elizabeth Perkins and Jeff Goldblum lead the cast of humans. Perkins is passable, but this is not one of Goldblum’s better efforts. It’s really the animal’s show. I found the parts with the humans to be pretty boring.
The movie contains some good moments with the animals, though, such as the the Russian Blue cat operative breaking into the human’s house. It balances out as something worth a watch for a Saturday afternoon popcorn movie, but probably not something you’re going to drag out and watch every year or three.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is an interesting movie. I’m an animal lovers and its fun to see the CGI making them humanely talking and in a “James Bond” type of setting. I did enjoy the story and the quality of the montage. Also the “making of” is a most see, how simple smart animal can do the trick and how the actor voice give them a personality. I’m more of a cat person I think they are smarter than dogs. In this production, the cats are kind-of the evil one, poor kitty. All animals are lovable and believable, it’s a well done movie.
This is not a must have or a killer movie but to have fun, laughs and be entertained while eating popcorn, well I believe you will be satisfy of a well spend 10$. Kids and older-kids, animal lovers, will like it.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have 2 daughters who absolutely loved this movie!! My 7 year-old was laughing so hard at times she couldn’t catch her breath. Their friend, grandmother, father and I thought it was pretty funny, too. We all agree that Mr. Tinkles (the white cat) was the best part of the movie – he’s hilarious! I would definitely give this one a thumbs up:)
Rating: 4 / 5
My son who is 9 years old has loved this movie for several years. He loves animals and watching talking dogs and cats is so funny. We watch this movie together and he never seems to get tired of it.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is gonna be a short review. I used to watch this all the time when I was little. Even as an adult I still love this movie dispite no longer owning it. My VHS no long workT_T Thinking back on it, it was pretty impressive for its time because this was before everything started to become nothing but CG. The dogs and cats looked great and the CG when they talked made it seem like they were really talking. The action is actually pretty intense and fun to watch even though in these scenes the CG is more evident. There are actually some really funny scenes and dialogue as well. The story even though sound dumb is kind actually pretty compelling. Just go into it with an open mind and you’ll find a really enjoyable story. I think its a good family film for both children and adults. If you’re an adult just tap into your inner child and enjoy Cats vs. Dogs.
Rating: 5 / 5