Cats & Dogs

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Cats & Dogs

PG

Released Jul 4, 2001

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

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"Cats & Dogs" uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren't even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats from executing their plan.

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Critics Consensus

A great concept, but the movie fails to develop the characters and some of the jokes are hit-or-miss.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Plenty of heart and hijinks mixed with litter box humor.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Unlike the Babe films, the plot here is so thin that there's almost nothing for the effects and jokes to cling to.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 19, 2003

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Jeff Strickler

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Falls victim to a common pitfall of special-effects movies: The technology takes precedent over the characters and story.

Nov 6, 2002

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Michael D. Reid

Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada)

While this fusion [of different effects] seamlessly creates the illusion cats and dogs are indeed talking to each other, the story has all the charm of a flatulent Fido who's just devoured a crate full of Gravy Train.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 30, 2024

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Dan DiNicola

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

No real drama here, only little spurts of humor, and the decision to blend animatronics with live-action animals can get annoying.

Rated: C

Apr 30, 2024

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Cats & Dogs is meant to be entertaining and for the most part, is. Ignore the humans, embrace the animals and watch the fur, and fun, fly! And fear not - no animals were harmed in the making of this movie.

Nov 7, 2019

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Stephen C

Unfunny in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $93,400,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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thiago s

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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K G

We can agree it ain't thr best movie at all but... It was a creative turn to make a movie based on the rivalry of cats & dogs. I liked the opening title sequences with using the casts names of their identities. I really understood Mr Tinkles: he wanted to overthrow dogs (I prefer cats) but allerge humanity to dogs then overthrow humans (taking over the world), that is way too far, it is like when I was mad at Disney (just for owning 20th & the greatness of entertainment it used to have (how it was affected) & Illumination (for succeeding the box office when DreamWorks is superior (that kinda makes it overrated)). He was funny as well, like believing evil figures do not wear bonnets. I think an allergy to dogs is underrated. I know this was done in 2001, but I can notice how some characters were puppetry & imperfect CGI (CGI elements that looked unrealistic). We should treat cats & dogs equally.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Harrison D

This Movie is NOT GOOD, it is Worst then The Cat in the Hat or Son of the Mask.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Audience Member

This is a great movie. Funny.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Audience Member

It's so early 2000s talking animals movie is not even funny.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/16/24

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Synopsis

"Cats & Dogs" uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren't even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats from executing their plan.

Director: Lawrence Guterman
Producer: Andrew Lazar, Warren Zide, Christopher DeFaria, Craig Perry
Screenwriter: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Prod.
Rating: PG (Animal Humor|Animal Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 4, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $93.4M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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