Overall, a very of-the-moment work, more of a snapshot than a portrait, more of a calling card than a vision. Its X rating won it some notoriety, but by today's standards it's fairly tame.

| Original Score: B | Nov 29, 2022

Fritz the Cat looks back at the supposed "good times" of the 1960s with a biting sensibility that scratches out the eyes of nearly every sacred liberal institution.

| Nov 28, 2021

There's something unusually primitive about the artwork and the character designs; it's obvious that the artists aren't trying to craft a visually stunning masterpiece.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Aug 30, 2020

For a movie that's largely remembered for being "the dirty animal cartoon," Fritz the Cat is also a surprisingly biting socioeconomic critique of 1960s counterculture.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 26, 2020

A singular, cohesive, and powerful vision, but it's also an alarmingly toxic one.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 6, 2016

X-rated museum piece

| Feb 6, 2010

Aficionados of Crumb's work weren't enthralled by the movie when it came out, and time hasn't been kind to it.

| Apr 18, 2007

Best observed as a cultural artifact.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 18, 2007

Excellent animation and montage shore up a plot which has a few howls, several chuckles and many smiles.

| Apr 18, 2007

The results, inevitably, were disappointing -- Bakshi just didn't have the money to make it right.

| Apr 18, 2007

Bawdy animated fun--a classic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 5, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 25, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 9, 2006

Despite some ingenious effects, a generally trivial exercise that never matches the punch of the original.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 8, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2003

Full of animated, nude, cartoon animals and some of the most vitriolic racism (disguised as empowerment) ever put on film, Fritz the Cat is so bad that Crumb, after seeing the film, killed the character in one of his comics.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 16, 2003

Despite the somewhat meandering nature of its plot, the film's underlying messages about social hypocrisy on all levels still has a strong bite to it, and it remains one of the more creative and daring forays in feature-length animation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 16, 2003