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The Aristocats was the first Disney Studios animated feature to be produced after Walt Disney's death. A wealthy woman leaves her vast fortune to her four cats: the well-bred Duchess and her kittens, ... read more read more...Berlioz, Toulouse, and Marie. Jealous butler Edgar, eager to get his mitts on the cats' legacy, abandons the felines in the French countryside. The four lost kitties are aided in their efforts to return home by the raffish country pussycats Thomas O'Malley and Scat Cat. In keeping with a tradition launched by The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats is top-heavy with celebrity voices, including Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers, Hermione Baddeley, and the ineluctable Sterling Holloway. Assembled by the "nine old men" then in charge of animation, The Aristocats was a commercial success, essentially proving that Disney animated features could succeed without the involvement of the company's founder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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27 critics

DVD Release Date: April 4, 2000

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  • March 29, 2012
    How can you not enjoy this movie, especially if your a cat lover and can relate to that wealthy woman!
    Its a lovely story funny and sweet and all the characters are just lovable!
    Its a prime example of what cartoons should be like and this movie should be enjoy by every new gene... read moreratioon!
  • September 20, 2011
    the drawing is superb and its storyline is ok but its one of the better disney movies released in the 1970's.
  • August 17, 2011
    A Disney classic, I always enjoy watching, one of my childhood favorites.
  • August 12, 2011
    Bad
  • December 13, 2010
    A great kids movie! There are cute kitties, catchy songs, and a good story too. It's a lot of fun for the whole family, check it out.
  • June 5, 2010
    I guess if you're a cat lover than this is your movie. I will certainly respect this for taking some odd turns in storytelling, but it's not on of the superior disney movies. It's too close to 101 Dalmations and really doesn't have any standout characters or themes. Beyond some i... read morenteresting moments, it's just sort of average.
  • May 30, 2010
    I really loved the cats in this film.
  • January 10, 2010
    Pampered, socialite cats. Love it.
  • December 8, 2009
    There are many version of this tale and every of it is sweet.
  • July 5, 2007
    This is yet another Disney classic that I just love.

Critic Reviews


Stefan Kanfer
November 4, 2009
Stefan Kanfer, TIME Magazine

The animals' exuberance is so infectious and their "acting" so true to human life that by the fadeout The Aristocats does, indeed, give the audience paws for reflection. Full Review

Dave Kehr
November 4, 2009
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

This 1970 animated feature is dull, careless, and all too typical of the Disney studio's slapdash output before the unexpected renaissance of The Rescuers. Full Review

Variety Staff
June 17, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

Helped immeasurably by the voices of Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers and others, plus some outstanding animation, songs, sentiment, some excellent dialog and even a touch o... Full Review

Staff
May 9, 2005
Staff, New York Times

The real beauty of the picture, which is as amusing, smoothly machined and beautifully colored as any Disney should be, is in the characterizations, sustained within a sprightly but simple format. Full Review

Carrie R. Wheadon
December 14, 2010
Carrie R. Wheadon, Common Sense Media

Jazz and hijinks make this Disney cat tale meow. Full Review

Tim Brayton
November 17, 2009
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

Insofar as the film has any real ambition driving it, that ambition seems to be that the Disney brand name must be kept alive until somebody could figure out what to do with it. Full Review

November 4, 2009
TV Guide's Movie Guide

An enjoyable mix of fine animation, catchy songs, and outstanding voice characterizations. Full Review

November 4, 2009
Film4

One of the less successful Disney offerings from the beginning of the 70s. Full Review

Kevin Carr
August 17, 2008
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

has a charm behind it that shines through Full Review

Brian Webster
March 20, 2008
Brian Webster, Apollo Guide

A nice-enough Disney feature that some consider an under-appreciated classic and others view as a movie that's distinguished only by the inclusion of a handful of cool jazz tunes. Full Review

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Facts


    • Marie: Ladies don't start fights, but they can finish them!
    • Thomas O'Malley: It's not exactly the Ritz, but it's peaceful and quiet.
    • Thomas O'Malley: Humans don't really worry too much about their pets.
    • Thomas O'Malley: Boy! Your eyes *are* like sapphires.
    • Thomas O'Malley: Aloha, auf Wiedersehen, bon soir, sayonara, and all those good bye things, baby.

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The Aristocats Trivia


  • In what movie did Duchess and her kittens meet Thomas O'Malley (The alley cat)?  Answer »
  • In what disney movie did the characters sing 'scales and appegios?'  Answer »
  • The song "Everybody Wants to Be A Cat" is from which animated film?  Answer »
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