Cats Don't Dance

G

Released Mar 26, 1997

1 hr. 15 min.

Kids & Family

Musical

Animation

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71%

24 Reviews

Tomatometer

80%

10,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

A world of cats and Danny (Scott Bakula) is trying to break into '30s Hollywood. His only problem is that he's a cat and he can't understand why he's only getting parts playing an animal. He gets into trouble with a human star and almost sees his chance at a movie career disappear.

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Critics Consensus

Cats Don't Dance, but they should easily entertain all-ages audiences thanks to some colorful animation, sharp humor, and a catchy soundtrack.

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Noe G

Cats don't dance is my most favorite Warner Bros., animated film I give this film a 10/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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devin o

I Like That Darla Said "CUT! CUT CUT CUT!"

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/23

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 1.25 hours of animation and music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/21/23

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Audience Member

It was a really funny and very purr-fect animated family musical comedy movie. It had very refreshing animation, really extraordinary voice cast, really fun characters, really engaging songs, very wacky comedy, really great adventure, really astonishing backgrounds and a really cute story. In my opinion, I think it’s one of my personal favorite animated movies of the 90s so far. My favorite song is “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (the final song). I definitely recommend this film to both children and adults.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/20/23

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Hannah B

To this day I can hear the faint echoes of fellow animation students crying in outrage that this movie is STILL so under appreciated. Real ones know this is a CLASSIC

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/10/23

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Legoware

A very refreshing animated movie. A love letter to classic Hollywood and animation, it serves as a spark of originality in the 90's era of animation. Sad to see this banger is pretty obscure

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/23

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Mark Dindal

Director

Scott Bakula

Danny

Jasmine Guy

(speaking)

Ashley Peldon

Darla Dimple (speaking)

Natalie Cole

Voice

Kathy Najimy

Voice

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Paul Tatara

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Cats Don't Dance is a blast... There's a pleasing luminescence to the animation, with colors that glow like neon throughout.

Aug 15, 2018

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John Petrakis

Chicago Tribune

Cats Don't Dance has some of the sharp irreverence of the brilliant Who Framed Roger Rabbit. There are plenty of clever asides and witty one-liners, not to mention a few terrific supporting characters.

Aug 15, 2018

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Very cute animation with Randy Newman music.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The characters are dull in both form and content.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 14, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

I refuse to believe anything else but that a young Damien Chazelle walked into a movie theater, watched this and left thinking, “I’m going to make this movie, but it’ll be a 3-hour bacchanal with Brad Pitt.” (Mark Dindal kicked ass with this one)

Jan 15, 2023

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

We rarely get movies like this that have so much heart.

Rated: 9/10

Feb 12, 2019

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Synopsis

A world of cats and Danny (Scott Bakula) is trying to break into '30s Hollywood. His only problem is that he's a cat and he can't understand why he's only getting parts playing an animal. He gets into trouble with a human star and almost sees his chance at a movie career disappear.

Director: Mark Dindal
Executive Producer: Sandy Russell Gartin, Charles L. Richardson, David J. Steinberg
Screenwriter: Mark Dindal, Robert Lence, Brian McEntee, Rick Schneider, David Womersley, Kelvin Yasuda, Bobs Gannaway, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, Theresa Pettengill
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: David Kirschner Productions, Turner Feature Animation, Turner Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Musical, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.6M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround

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