Dougal and the Blue Cat

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Audience Member A delightful trip to the Magic Roundabout with this amazing adventure! With the superb voice acting from Eric Thompson and Fenella Fielding. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderfully off the wall animation that cast the crew of the Magic Roundabout in altogether darker tale. it has aged surprisingly well, despite the occasional 60's and 70's reference. It has still got the ability to keep the interest of kids as well as enough (very English) humour to amuse the parents! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member if your here, you are middle aged, and most likely had an ace childhood, especially if you got to see this. I think it was banned, kids walked out of the cinemas crying with their horrified parents in toe. Lol gotta love the 70's Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The Magic Roundabout had been a massive success on BBC TV since 1965. Taken from Serge Danot's series Le Manège enchanté, it had been translated into English by Eric Thompson, who did his own translation which appealed to children and adults. When Danot did Pollux et le chat bleu, Thompson translated it his way, and it makes for an original and visually stunning animated film. Dougal the dog wakes up one morning after dreaming of something bad going on at the abandoned treacle factory, and voices and noises coming from the factory. Meanwhile, Florence has met a new visitor to the Magic Garden, A blue cat called Buxton, who Dougal distrusts deeply, while Florence,Dylan, Ermintrude, Zebedee and Brian all take a liking to Buxton. Dougal follows Buxton to the abandoned treacle factory, where he hears Buxton talking to the Blue Voice (Fenella Fielding). Buxton turns the Magic Garden blue, and takes everyone prisoner, while Dougal disguises himself as 'Blue Peter' to save everyone. Razz This is a very silly film but it has an unbelievably likable charm and some moments of surrealness you won't have seen in films like this. It's a lot more darker than the original cartoons, and some of it is genuinely scary in places but Danot and Thompson succeeded in making it work, it's 100% superior to the 2005 reimagining. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched this as Mark Kermode spoke highly of it. Not sure why. It's a feature-length episode of the children's TV show. As nostalgic kids' telly goes it's pretty good, but still just kids' telly. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member "Blue is beautiful, blue is best. I'm blue, I'm beautiful, I'm best!" I think the 3 stars is bias to the fact that I grew up with this film, for me the nostalgia doesn't get old. Not very well known, Dougal and the Blue Cat it's a must for any Magic Roundabout fan, Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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