A Cat in Paris
2012 ‘Une vie de chat’ Directed by Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Synopsis
By day, a pet... By night, a thief!
A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
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At a brisk 64 minute runtime, A Cat in Paris flies by as a tightly paced and fun animated mystery thriller through the rooftops of Paris in the moonlight. While containing some watered down adult oriented subject matter and violence, this is still a child friendly film that could be enjoyed by the whole family.
Fair warning though that the plot is extremely generic and in some moments cringe worthy. I noticed this and perhaps would have rated it lower if it were not for the other brilliant qualities of the film that held its appeal. The film begins as a tale of two stories, both having a connecting component with the titular cat. As the plot progresses or more…
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Entertaining enough, but I wasn't a fan of the animation and I think after watching so much good animation recently I wasn't that interested. A thrilling story and a slow start, I think this would have been better subtitled instead of dubbed to give it a more French feel as I think that was lacking!
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Some nice animation (particularly liked when the lights were cut) but there's virtually nothing else to recommend about this - even at little over an hour it drags and the less said about the English dub the better.
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Cute, but ultimately lame.
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Despite being nominated for an Oscar (in a particularly poor year for animated feature films), A Cat in Paris is undeserving of such attention. Although the film’s charcoal picture book aesthetic is quite charming, if not particularly slick, the art direction is undermined by a truly clunky story that lacks excitement, peril or anything for an audience over the age of five.
Even at 60 minutes the film feels stretched beyond its meagre means. This could have been a sweet little short film but when expanded to feature length it constantly tries the patience thanks to such a simple story that is crudely delivered. The characters are as flat as the animation whilst the English dub is offensive to the ears. Disappointing.
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Even thought the film is an hour long, its possibly some of the most fun I have ever had watching an animated film. The animation is beautiful, the music is excellent and the story is very creative with a pretty cool ending to end such a phenomenal and fun movie!
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At a brisk 64 minute runtime, A Cat in Paris flies by as a tightly paced and fun animated mystery thriller through the rooftops of Paris in the moonlight. While containing some watered down adult oriented subject matter and violence, this is still a child friendly film that could be enjoyed by the whole family.
Fair warning though that the plot is extremely generic and in some moments cringe worthy. I noticed this and perhaps would have rated it lower if it were not for the other brilliant qualities of the film that held its appeal. The film begins as a tale of two stories, both having a connecting component with the titular cat. As the plot progresses or more…
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A film well worth seeing once. Favorite part was the clever animation when the lights went out.
Best viewed by those who want to refresh their French.
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Not a terrible film by any means,it just didnt grab me in ways it should, at the start maybe, but also a very bad English dub spoils this in great ways also
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because cat
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Esta entretenida la historia, casualidad que queria verla y me la encontré en TV
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A charming animated film about a cat who spends her days with her little girl and her nights accompanying a cat burglar. Kind of "That Darn Cat" for the French. If our girls were still small we'd have to buy this and it would be daily viewing.
I liked the animation style and in particular the way they showed what was happening in pitch blackness.
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A truly beautiful animation.
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Such a cliche animation with exciting twists, and I loved it.
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Ooh, what a stinker. Dreadful jokes, boring plot, hideous dub. Added a star for the animation; the rest's gack.