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The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

R 1974 1h 16m Comedy Animation List
30% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 41% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Robert Crumb's comic-book feline experiences flights of fantasy which take him into the past and the future.

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The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

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Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog None of this is especially clever or funny, not least the incessant sexism. If objectification was always part of Fritz the Cat's world, it's simply more pernicious this time around. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 7, 2023 Full Review B.L. Panther The Spool [The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat] mistakes the source of Fritz's draw and power, which is not in the grotesque itself but its function - that it is not raunch for raunch's sake. Nov 28, 2021 Full Review Dick Lochte Los Angeles Free Press An animated travesty so tasteless and dull that only masochistic cinema addicts need apply. Dec 12, 2019 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 31, 2005 Full Review Ryan Cracknell Apollo Guide The content is memorable, but for its stupidity and pointlessness rather than intelligence and attitude. Rated: 58/100 Oct 16, 2003 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 1.5/5 May 1, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Anderson O This movie should have been band. Maybe it was way before my Time, but I don’t know exactly what Robert Crumb was trying to get accross with the 9 lives of Fritz the Cat, but this is an embarrassing excuse for a comicbook adaptation. It was truthful for the LSD era I guest. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/24 Full Review Elvis D Tras el revolucionario golpe de Frizt The Cat, ahora llega esta secuela que presenta más de los disparates de Fritz en forma de película antológica. Fritz ya es un gato casado con un hijo, pero claramente se muestra que sigue siendo el mismo gato irresponsable que solamente le interesa divertirse. La película logra mantener la personalidad de Fritz intacta y también el ritmo de la película anterior, pero el guion ya es un tema distinto. Al igual que la película anterior, la secuela también satiriza temas políticos y sociales, pero lo que ofrece es una colección de distintas historias plasmadas en un tono surrealista. La película es todo un viaje de LSD con estupendas secuencias animadas que la vuelven una experiencia visual. La misma película lo plantea al ver a Fritz bajo el efecto del cannabis y llega un punto en que uno se pregunta si todo lo que vemos son flashbacks de sus vidas anteriores, experiencias pasadas o alucinaciones de cosas irreales. En ese punto la película se siente demasiado irreal e inverosímil por no tener una trama lineal y presentarnos esas distintas historias como si fueran cortometrajes de los Looney Tunes. Solo se le puede acreditar la asombrosa animación y también la banda sonora que tiene un estilo de jazz. The Nine Lives Of Fritz The Cat es una placentera experiencia visual psicodélica, pero una película carente de coherencia que la vuelve inferior a su predecesora. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 7/10. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Started out fine but got worse as the move progressed, what should have been a fine expereance like the first one, it lost it after the first "Like". Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Can be summarised in one word: pointless. There were probably many social messages this film was trying to convey, but much of it just comes across as gratuitous and hamfisted. The original Fritz The Cat film while at times clunky in its social critique nonetheless delivered a more insightful look into the social issues of the times. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Nowhere near as good as the original but still worth watching. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Unnecessary, unimaginative sequel made to cash in on the original's success; low point is a musical interlude set to a disco song. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Robert Crumb's comic-book feline experiences flights of fantasy which take him into the past and the future.
Director
Robert Taylor
Production Co
Steve Krantz Productions, American International Pictures (AIP)
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 7, 2018
Runtime
1h 16m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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