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Film Title: The Aristocats

 Best for ages: 7 and up.

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Year Released: 1970 DVD: 2008

Rated: G (US) G (CA)

SYNOPSIS

   The Aristocats is the 1970's classic film by Disney's animation studios.  The film follows the adventures of a mother cat named Duchess and here kittens as they are thrown out of the home of their millionaire owner by the jealous Butler named Edgar whom is mad that his boss has left her fortune in hr will to her cat rather to him. So Edgar takes it upon himself to get rid of the cats one night.  he brings them to an old farm, where Edgar runs into trouble with a bunch of hound dogs. The cats are then flung from his mother cycle and land near a stream under a bridge. Duchess and her kittens are scared and don't know what to do, but the great and wonderful ally cat Tomas O'Malley comes to their rescue and helps Duchess and her kittens find their way home. However before Tom helps them out him and a group of jazz swinging friends entertain them for a while. However upon their return home Edgar is waiting for the cats, and this time he plans on getting rid of them once and for all. Now with the help of a mouse and his back ally cat friends, Tomas must save Duchess and her kittens before Edgar does something terrible to them.

VIOLENCE/GRAPHIC CONTENT/language

 Although this film is rated G, it does have some elemental cartoon violence that for it's time was never really considered to be much of a threat to the youth of the time. But there are a few things that some parent might not want their young children to see in this film.  While it's your basic run of the mill cartoon violence, which is harmless in the film; it does contain some scenes in which some children might find to be a bit freighting. Such a scene comes towards the end of the film when Edgar the Butler put the cats in a large brown sack and drags the cats into the kitchen and hides throws them into the oven in order to avoid them from being seen by Madame Adelaide Bonfamille.  Luckily, the cats are not thrown into a hot oven.  But then Edgar the Butler does take them to a barn where he puts them into a truck and locks them in it. A fight ensues when Tomas O'Malley and his ally cat gang attack Edgar the Butler.  It's your basic cartoon fight with a lot of cats screeching and clawing and Edgar fighting back. But Edgar also uses farm tools to try and hurt the cats such as a pitchfork. The cats and other animals in the barn fight back against him and eventually win the battle by locking Edgar in the same trunk he tried to put the cats in. But there is a lot of things that can be deemed to violent for young eyes in that one scene. The rest of the film does have some mild little petty violent things going on. Such as a scene in which a bunch of old Hound dogs bite Edgar, but there more laughable than anything else.

   As far as some graphic content is concerned, there is not much in the way of anything over the top, but there are a few things that might concern parents.  There is one scene in which Edgar is making soup and he adds a bunch of sleeping pills to the soup.  This is a scene in which I think parents might want to be careful with and explain to their kids that any kind of medicine is something they should stay away from. There is also a scene where many of the human characters are seen in their underwear but it's meant to more of a comedic thing than anything else.

OVERALL VIEWS

  The animation in Aristocats is very similar than that of 101 Dalmatians.  I watched this DVD with my wife, mother sister and my ten and a half month daughter and one and half old nephew. My daughter got bored of it quick, barely making it past the opening credits before she started playing with her toys. My Nephew sat on the couch and watched most of it, and especially liked the music where he stood up and danced. But even it could not keep his attention for that long. That's when my family and I agreed this is a film that is probably better suited for older kids around seven years and up. We also discussed about how spoiled kids are with the great animation of today and that this film might not appeal to them because of it's classic animation, but rather the character are more developed in the classics than they are in many of today's cartoons. The music is good in the film, and I think most kids will love it.

   Overall, The Aristocats is a Disney classic, and as always; Disney puts together another great product with this DVD which includes a ton of special features to keep your children busy for hours. There are plenty of games and activities on disc which if you put it into your PC your children can be part of the fun. The DVD also includes some backstage Disney features and deleted scenes. It's yet another classic to add to your Disney collection.

BUY THIS MOVIE.