Oliver & Company Oliver & Company

The first Disney movie with attitude.

This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.

Joseph Lawrence Billy Joel Cheech Marin Richard Mulligan Roscoe Lee Browne Sheryl Lee Ralph Dom DeLuise Taurean Blacque Carl Weintraub Robert Loggia Natalie Gregory William Glover Bette Midler Deborah Gates Charles Bartlett Jonathan Brandis Kal David Marcia Del Mar Victor DiMattia Judi M. Durand

Walt Disney Pictures Silver Screen Partners III

family comedy animation

74 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • SharnOfTheDEAD

    Review by SharnOfTheDEAD ★★★½ 1

    I got this on VHS in the year 2000, I loved it then and watched it a dozen times, I still enjoy it now, One of the lesser rated Disney movies but great fun!

  • Robin Solsjö Höglund

    Review by Robin Solsjö Höglund ★★½

    Oliver & Company is an urban 80's take on Oliver Twist, about Oliver, an orphaned kitty that meets a gang of tough, street wise dogs who befriend him and help him adjust in the city.

    There's very little originality to this one, but I felt that the grimy, dark art style actually worked great for an urban "hip hop" 80's New York. There's nothing too pretty or fancy about it, and there really shouldn't be either.

    I also quite liked the musical numbers, they felt more like actual "music videos" than very heavy handed stuff that's been written forcibly for the film.

    And Billy Joel's voice as Dodger sounds a whole lot like Henry Winkler to my ears, so much that…

  • Podcasting's Brock

    Review by Podcasting's Brock ★★★½

    Not bad, just not all that memorable, either. Never seen so much actual product placement in an animated movie before.
    Another situation where I would give this an extra quarter of a star instead of a half if I had the option.
    No reason to not recommend, but don't go out of your way to make sure you see Oliver & Company. Weak recommend.

  • Adriii

    Review by Adriii ★★★½

    Divertida. Muy ochentera y con ese Nueva York perruno y tan urbano que resalta entre tanto bosquecito y animalito feliz. Muy simpática, sí.

  • Rune Fredstad

    Review by Rune Fredstad

    Disney har i flere tiår vært hoffleverandør av tegnede og animerte familiefilmer. Blandingen av drama, humor og et besnærende visuelt preg har tiltalt folk i alle aldere. Oliver og Gjengen har nå fått en liten renesansse i form av spesialutgave nr 27 i serien "Walt Disney Klassikere". Men er det egentlig en klassiker?

    Oliver og Gjengen er en blandet affære hvor inspirasjonen er hentet fra Charles Dickens legendariske roman Oliver Twist og Disneys Lady og Landstrykeren. Sterkt modernisert har 1800-tallets London blitt byttet ut med New York anno 1988 og hovedpersonene har elegant blitt byttet ut med hoveddyr som vil appelere til de fleste familier. Problemet er bare at Oliver og Gjengen er et produkt av tidsepoken hvor Disney fremfor…

  • Oliver King

    Review by Oliver King ★

    Lifeless and cheap-looking Disney Dickens adaptation that's more akin to Don Bluth productions, even if the characters have the potential to be memorable and quirky. The music's just awful and the narrative thrust limp.

  • IncredibleJeff

    Review by IncredibleJeff ★★★

    Debuting right before "The Little Mermaid" in the pre-Renaissance era of Disney features was Oliver & Company.Oliver & Company doesn't really have the pizazz that the movies from that era have,but it did have a lot of the same heart.The plot is nothing groundbreaking,but the animation is pretty good.With that said the plot may be the weak point.
    It's an okay effort from Disney.I would put it on par with "The Rescuers".

  • Jared Wheeler

    Review by Jared Wheeler ★½

    For the life of me I can’t explain why this film just doesn’t work. It has lively characters, a fun soundtrack, and a solid premise: retelling Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist with an all-animal cast in 20th-century New York City. Somehow, though, the elements fail to gel, and cheap, lifeless animation and an excess of sentimentality don’t help, either.

  • Allan Christophersen

    Review by Allan Christophersen ★★★½

    I was pleasantly surprised by this.
    It wasn't a masterpiece, but I was expecting a mediocre cookie-cutter kiddie-cartoon, and I got a cookie-cutter kiddie-cartoon that was something above average.
    The soundtrack especially deserves praise.
    That being said, Tito should never have become the third most important character of the film, and all characters are extremely flat. Hell, Georgette seems to do a face-heel turn for no reason whatsoever.
    But whatever. Worth it for Georgette's solo number.