The characters are dull in both form and content.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 14, 2023

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

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

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 12, 2019

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

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

Very cute animation with Randy Newman music.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 22, 2010

Decked out with sharp and colorful design work, some well-drawn characters and six snappy Randy Newman tunes, this first entry from Turner Feature Animation goes down very easily but lacks a hook.

| Mar 26, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 25, 2005

While the animated characters, bright colors and an appealing Randy Newman score may keep the children content, Cats Don't Dance is no saccharine fantasy. Its Hollywood references and dark satire constitute its real strengths.

| May 20, 2003

A happy-go-lucky romp that dishes up the most cartoon fun since Toy Story.

| Oct 15, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 15, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 12, 2002

For you fuddy duddies out there who think cartoons are for kids, I don't know when the last time you saw a cartoon was, but movie cartoons have never been for kids.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5 | Oct 24, 2001

A startling miscalculation. It has lots of cute animals... But blending parody and nostalgia about an era half a century removed from the lives of the core audience seems a foolish indulgence

| Feb 14, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jan 1, 2000

Cats Don't Dance, nor do they enchant.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000