Top Cat
Director: Alberto Mar
Actors: Jim Conroy, Jorge Arvizu, Mario Castaneda Partido, Raul Anaya
Release Date: Monday 30th November -0001
Running time: 90 minutes
Ironically for an animated film, Top Cat plays like it was written in crayon. Aimed towards kids who still find a set of keys incredibly entertaining, this is really not worth the premium price you'd pay in 3D, especially not for a whole family.
Based on the classic TV show, the story centres on a degenerate alley cat of questionable morals, who robs people blind on a regular basis. When a new police chief turns up who takes a particular disliking to Top Cat, he finds himself under even more scrutiny than usual.
How do I put this in a family friendly way? Top Cat is about as much fun as using a plunger to remove piles. It's aimed at the very, very young and although it has moments of self-awareness, for the most part it's straight up bad.
It could've worked, it really could have; the character is one that skates by on charisma, and moving him ironically into a modern setting could've set things up for plenty of laughs. Instead, it's a Saturday morning cartoon literally transferred to the big screen sans frills.
In a world where studios are putting so much care into the development of characters in family aimed flicks, Top Cat just doesn’t cut it. The most shocking thing is that something this shoddily made got a big screen release.
