Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Polee Glot Béla Ternovszky's 1986 feature-length cartoon has for good or ill attained cult status in his native Hungary. The question remains however, if it has stood the test of time.The plot is fairly straightforward: In a world of intelligent, anthropomorphized cats and mice, the fragile peace between the two has recently shattered. The mice's only hope of defeating the physically and economically superior cats lie in the plans of a radical new anti-cat superweapon located across the world, in Pokyo. Grabowsky, a retired InterMouse agent is called on once again to save the day. Which he does.There's precious little actual conflict in the film. Despite knowing EXACTLY what the mice are planning, the corporate fatcats are content to outsource the work of neutralising him to a questionable troupe of would-be assassins with an extensive background in ballet. Needless to say, they fail to pose a threat. When cat pirates commandeer Grabowsky's ship en route to Pokyo, Grabowsky proceeds to SWIM the rest of the way. Any hostiles he encounters, he either outwits, overpowers, or both. He, and by extension the quest, is never in any real danger until the very end, and even then, a sudden deus ex machina takes care of everything. The scenes of wanton destruction and cat-on-mouse aggression are gratuitous filler: Since we know precious little of Mouse society, and named Mouse characters are never in danger during those scenes, we lack reasons to care.The cast of characters is extremely limited: On the Cat side of things we have 2 interchangeable, greedy, shortsighted fatcats, Teufel and Gatto, Teufel's well-meaning, but unlucky assistant Safranek, his daughter, who has whopping minutes of screen time, then is forgotten, the troupe of 4 incompetent douchebags chasing Grabowsky, and various unnamed Cats only there to be beaten up On the Mouse side of things, we have Mouse Bond himself, Grabowsky, whose defining characteristic is that he's at the same time perfect and getting too old for all this, his boss, the InterMouse intern featuring in all of 2 scenes, and Lusta Dick ('Limp Dick') the Idiot.The animation is surprisingly nice; although the matte backgrounds never move, this does serve to highlight the characters on screen. The art style is reminiscent of other classic Hungarian cartoons of the seventies and eighties, namely Mézga család ('The Family Mézga') and Kérem a következőt! ('Next please!')All in all, it is a mediocre film with a weak plot, forgettable characters, and an inexplicable localized popularity. If you're Hungarian and haven't seen it yet, I advise you to do so, just to get it over with, but otherwise it's just not worth it.

rosseb This is a cartoon that you just can't watch enough times. Even if you know all the dialogues by heart and have watched it 100 times, you can't help watching it once more... or twice... Contains everything that a good action movie should: entertaining plot, humor, straight and well developed characters, excellent music (it's a pity that a soundtrack album hasn't been released) and many-many memorable quotes (many of which have become common expressions in everyday Hungarian speech). What adds to its excellence is that it was drawn entirely by hand (no CGI and that kind of stuff which I think to be the worst that can happen to a cartoon), by really great creators. In my opinion this is the best in the entire history of cartoons of all time, never was and never will be anything better than this. The sequel tries to achieve the same but I think that one was a shameful failure, should never have been done at all...

oscarfanatic Movies like this are not very available to the American public. American films are available around the world because we apparently have a corner on the entertainment market, and if a film wants to find real widespread love and recognition, it must, more often than not, make a transition into the American market.And I think that is sad.Naturally, our language barriers keep us from appreciating this wonderful "Cat City" as do the Hungarians who so finely produced it, but still, this movie is a witty satire, a spoof of great film genres, and surprisingly political in how it deals with names and the skin color of the rats. It's a film about your place in the big picture, about who's in control and why.A great film find, one of animated brilliance. This animated film was thousands of times better than many animated American films I have grogged my way through over the years. I just really really hate that more people cannot see films like this and appreciate them for what they are: true pieces of art in the highest form.

srobi280 This movie is my favorite cartoon of my childhood. It is still my favorite, and is best viewed in it's original Hungarian version (if you speak the language, or course). It is basically a James Bond style cartoon, where the cats and mice are at war. It is up to Grabovszky and the help of his friends to stop the cats. This cartoon has many memorable characters, such as the musical Mexican bats, led by Maxipocak, the meddling gangster rats Pissy, Cookie, Buddy, and Billy, the bumbling police officer Lusta Dick, the evil Mr. Teufel and his meek assistant Safranek, and the "don" of the gangster cats, Mr. Gato. This cartoon is a classic. It should be on the Top 250. I have seen the English translation, and it isn't nearly as good as the original, but it is still great.