Cats Don't Dance (1997)

A wonderfully energetic cartoon with lots of laughs and a colour pallette of the entire spectrum. By the director who brought us Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" you can't go wrong (exept with Chicken Little). You can spot some similarities in the design of Cats Don't Dance. It was an exiting burst of energy watching Cats Don't Dance and I recommed it to all families around the world. With its witty movie references tfor the parents and bouncy animation for the kids and animation lover cause those were its highlights. Darla Dimple and her butler Max made me laugh several times, because I guarantee you that some of those facial expressions by Darla and a stellar voice performance by Lindsay Ridgeway make her enjoyably insane. The angles used on Max are just priceless, and him doing his thing with his stiff-upper-lip attitude and yet Frankenstein's monster like appearance literally just steals the screen. The musical numbers are enjoyable and a couple of them memorable, and the animation truly shines during them with well choreographed dancing and all that jazz. Be sure to watch it when you are not tired, because it will perhaps exhaust you.Good family fun.

It's odd that I never got to see this from childhood because it was just so sweet watching it for the first time recently. You have to love the main character Danny though, hes like the best cat friend you'll never get for real! However, we have to unfortunately put up with the self selfish cats in the real world. The 90s children's songs and the theme of the movie about old Hollywood would definitely give you nostalgia. It's too bad we have to deal with CGI films now and not 2-D they had in the 1990s. Natalie Cole (RIP) did a brilliant job at being featured in the movie as Sawyers singing voice. Honestly I can't believe they didn't give the woman credit even if she is Nat King Coles daughter. I thought she deserved better!Good film to watch for all ages!

Sure, the animals were kinda cool, but, if you ask me, the REAL STAR (she'd certainly be pleased to hear me say that) was Darla Dimple. A beautiful little blonde girl, who, for some reason, was the VILLAIN. That may or may not have been for the better, because at least she certainly was far from completely saccharine (i.e. Anne-Marie in "All Dogs Go to Heaven" or Dot in "A Bug's Life") as she may have been if she were a good guy... Still, I couldn't help but feel sorry for her, maybe because she's just a kid, or maybe because she resembles (in terms of her appearance ONLY, and NOT personality) the sweet girl, short in stature, curly blonde hair, at my school, Zoezonna Brennan. Unlike Darla, who was cool and all, Zoe's just a nice girl (FAR from sickeningly sweet, though) and makes me feel love and compassion towards her.Anyways, a VERY interesting and satisfying film! 9/10 stars! You ARE the STAR, Darla Dimple! (AND YOU, ZOE, EVEN MORESO!!!!) :)

I'm definitely not familiar with Mark Dindal, but kudos to him for making one heck of an animation. It's rather different, kiddish and yet there's stuff for adults too, it's fast-paced and yet there's some slow scenes, and all together it just ridiculously fun. Together with its cast of famous actors which includes John Rhys-Davies (Gimli in LOTR), Don Knotts (Andy Griffith Show, of course), and even Betty Lou Garson (the original Cruella De Vil). WARNING: if you want to see this movie, brace yourself for major Wackiness.The story follows optimistic—sometimes air-headed—Danny the Cat who journeys to Hollywood from Kokomo to fulfill his dream of becoming a star, but his ambition is trampled by the pernicious vile child star Miss Darla Dimple. Danny finds a band of unlikely dreamers consisting of a grumpy grandpa goat, a sweet yet over-social hippo, a Bette Davis style Fish, a pudgy penguin kid who just loves to eat (yeah, and he's pretty annoying too), a poor turtle who relies on his fortune cookies to determine his day, and last but not least Sawyer the cat who believes her dreams have been completely crushed. Together the wacky dreamers try to prove even "different species" can be stars, before the lovely—more like loathsome—Darla smashes their dreams to smithereens.Believe me; so many loony scenes are in this movie: Tilly Hippo and her ridiculous introducing method, the unbelievable flooding of Hollywood, any scene with Max and Darla, that eccentric director and many more! I just found it way too wacky when I was little.The intro cast was a great opening (and those jiving moles!). This is a 90's film so the animation is so-so and slightly incomplete, though I loved how they did Sawyer. This is a kid's flick so everything was berzerkly colorful. The voice acting was great for an animation like this (especially Ashley Peldon as Darla). The dialogue was simple and clean. Almost every scene is musical, there's music going on every where! the songs themselves gave such a good vibe. "I Got Rhythm" was very nice with a those animals!I rated this movie a 6 star because it's a fair animation, sincere movie; it's a little TOO fast-paced though (75 minutes, people!) and it's unrealistic, of course. The message is the usual fallow your dreams. Like I said before, brace yourself for wackiness.