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I used to have this on VHS. I would watch it and make it up to about a half hour and give up. I sat through the whole thing once and I still did not care for it.

The movie does have cheesy but enjoyable jokes. For example, Felix follows a light that talks, and he falls in a hole that he leads her into. He then says: "I think I'm beginning to fall for you!" I enjoyed stuff like that.

I COULD nick pick what snippets of the movie I enjoyed. Everything else was boring and not compelling. And some characters have annoying voices-like Felix, and the villain's also evil nephew.

Oh, and the nephew has a random shot of him picking his nose for 3 seconds, with sound effects. He never does that again, so what was the point of that? Linus in the Charlie Brown specials sucks his thumb, continuously-it's a part of his character. But this nephew picks his nose ONCE for no reason at all. What a waste of paper for that to be drawn!

Oh, and speaking of which, this is not the best looking animated movie, either. Oliver and Company and The Land Before Time came out the same year, and both look way better!

Just skip this movie. The good moments are not even really worth it. There are much better movies to show your kids.

The movie has a lot of problems, such as the non-stop pacing, the bouncy weird animation and the unnecessary stupid scenes. But still has it's good things. Characters are boring and annoying at times but some of them have it's own personalities and make them interesting. There are many silly scenes, but i think that was on purpose. The film is weird but is weird because the writers tried to make this weird, and they made a perfect job on doing that, a weird nonsensical film. It doesn't have sense, but it isn't supposed to have sense, that's the fun about this film. Everything is weird and it feels like an acid trip, but a fun acid trip to unplug your brain for a moment. Not as terrible as people says but is true that some scenes are stupid, annoying and the animation is awful. Bad, but not that bad.

This is the most annoying animated movie from I have ever seen. It never lets up for a second. The only way I can describe this movie is a bunch of kids jumping up and down on a bed yelling.

The film was made in 1989 and it's opens with an introduction by Felix the cat. However this intro is a CGI head that might scare people out of the theater. The rest of the film, however, is rendered in hand-drawn animation. So the CGI Felix head is compliantly pointless. the rest of the film is a just a noise, noise, noise that insults your intelligence.

There have been many movies based of of other cartoons but they mostly suck.

Such as Speed Racer(2008) Scooby Doo(2002) Garfield(2004) Yogi Bear(2010) Alvin and the Chipmunks(2007) Underdog(2007 The Smurfs(2011)

My advise to you is to keep away from this one and stay with the cartoons.

I watched Felix the Cat: The Movie for the first time today expecting it to be terrible, as I had heard people say it was bland, uninspired and an insult to children. After seeing the film, I was surprised at how much I liked it, even with its problems. As a lover of animated movies, I will say I have been better, but I have also seen a hell of a lot worse as well.

Felix the Cat: The Movie was overall an enjoyable if somewhat unexceptional animated film. There are some moments when the animation is nice, with some pretty colours and I liked the animation on the robots and Duke of Zill. And I thought Princess Oriana was absolutely beautiful. But it is also rather inconsistent as well, there are parts in the more dramatic parts when some objects become static and the lip synching is sloppy on occasions. I had no problem with the story, I loved the concept, it was original and quite unique and the film started off really well. But it is in the latter half when the film does drag, but the real bummer was the rushed, abrupt and misplaced ending that could have been so much more.

There are many good things though. The music is great, with wonderful haunting incidental music and the music with Oriana dancing in the bubble was gorgeous. The song "Who is the Boss" is also delightfully catchy, it is strange but in a good way and it is intriguing as well. The story moves along quickly, yes there is a plot even if it is rather strange in places, and there are some humorous moments whether visually or audibly. The dialogue is fun, it isn't bland or sappy it has humour and it made me laugh. I liked Duke of Zill's dialogue, and I liked the character as well. He was underused, but I loved how he was animated, how he was voiced and I loved his flashback back story explaining who he was and how he became to be the way he was. Felix is a protagonist who may grate to some, but I think he has a likable and endearing personality and the voice didn't grate on me. In fact, the voice acting was very well done, Peter Newman was superb as Duke of Zill and Wack(who you don't trust at first but you do sort of like later) and Maureen O'Connell at least emotes. Chris Phillips is good as well as Felix, and Alice Playton(Blix from the 1985 fantasy film Legend) is decent as Madam Pearl.

Overall, not a perfect animated film, but even with its problems, it was enjoyable. 7/10 Bethany Cox

I was interested in seeing this movie because Doug Walker ranked it as the worst animated movie ever reviewed by the Nostalgia Critic. Yeah, it's probably one of the worst I've ever seen too, but at least it's not in my Top 5. I remember back when this movie had a score of like 6.4. It seems like it went through massive down voting because of the Critic's review. Well, it really does deserve it. The worst thing about this movie is how bad the animation is.

Everything just looks so shoddy and the dubbing is horrendous. I believe this was a film made in Hungary? There's just so much going on and many of these scenes are completely pointless. Well, the plot is that Felix goes to another dimension to save a princess from the Duke of Zill. The most insane part is probably when the princess has tears that come to life and activate the interdimensional transporter. Maybe I would have to watch more of Felix the Cat, but I doubt this is loyal to the original character. *1/2

I watched the film on the official YouTube upload from the official Felix the Cat YouTube channel. It was a great watch even tho the plot didn't make sense. This movie deserves more love and I'm upset that it flopped, the animation had potential it's a great movie for Felix lovers, I suggest you watch this film it's good. Even tho Felix can be annoying the movie still works I think that the SG head of Felix at the start and the end credits of the film worked. Felix deserves more love, the second movie Felix saves Christmas didn't work but the first movie does work. This is the best movie for a character that has been around since 1919.

I think if you take a strip of acid to try to forget this horrible movie, it wouldn't help. Even watching NC review this, I can tell I was already on acid.

Felix the cat, is similar to that Tom and Jerry movie, unessisary

Felix the Cat was the original star of animation going as far back as the late 1910s and early '20s, but his fame deteriorated by the '30s. It wouldn't be until the late '50s when animator & cartoonist Joe Oriolo revived the character for television and brought a whole new generation into the character's heart. Fast forward to the mid 80s, when Oriolo's son Don attempted to bring back the famous cat in a feature length pilot for a potential new series. After being released to dismal reviews and poor financial return, it spawned a minor cult following on TV and home video releases. Looking at the final product, there's too many reasons as to why.

The movie follows Felix the Cat who is suddenly put on a quest to rescue the princess of the ultradimensional kingdom Oriana. She has been taken prisoner under rule of her villainous scientist uncle the Duke of Zill and his mechanical, geometric army. Now even though this premise does sound fitting for Felix in his crazy adventures, the movie fails to properly establish much about the cat's origins from his series. Instead, it cuts right to the chase in showing the downfall of Oriana, thus sidelining Felix to more a hero needing to rescue the macguffin than a legitimate movie centered around a talking cat with a magical bag of tricks. As a result, any newcomers to Felix will more than likely be confused as to what's going on and even fans of the series will feel disappointed that the show's main antagonist, the Professor, is reduced to nothing more than an added plot convenience. Because the movie's pacing is all over the place, there's not much worth caring about Oriana, the princess, Felix or anyone else for that matter, so what we're left with is a jumbled plot with no proper cohesion.

To make matters worse, the ultradimensional land of Oriana is way too bizarre for its own good. While a lot of the creatures that inhabit the land are fascinating on their own, they're barely looked upon as anything more than nasty rough goons. Not to mention, since over half the movie takes place with our lead characters as prisoners in a circus, there's surprisingly nothing truly exceptional about what should be a unique land out of our world. The most we get are mouse-lizard crossbreeds, an appealing con artist for a ringmaster and a useless bore of a hillbilly minion. Also, it's really pathetic when your princess is so bland and unlikable that the Duke of Zill is a far more sympathetic character. Not even Felix is much to care for since he blabbers on way too much for anyone's tolerance and has the humor of a clown performing at a funeral. Speaking of blabbering, the movie has way too much ADR and gushy sound effects for its own good, even to the point where it feels like a tumor rotting in your brain. Never has one feature with a talking cat for a star ever felt so painful to bear.

If there's anything worth noting about the feature, at least the studio behind the animation, Pannonia, did the most with what they were given. Considering how insane this movie feels with its premise, the character designs and animation do fit with the cartoony and surreal aesthetic the film is attempting to go for. Even a lot of the effects animation and backgrounds are colorfully crafted, minus an unnecessary CG Felix model at the beginning. Also, with some exceptions, the soundtrack does slap on its own, as it utilizes hardcore 80s rock and experimental synthesizers to carry the tunes. Unfortunately, even with all of the talent showcased on screen, not even the trippiest visuals or the catchiest musical number can make up how messy the plot is. Because the film cannot focus on anything or anyone throughout its runtime, the cool and bizarre is only used sporadically and often feels more tacked on than charming. In other words, instead of feeling like we're witnessing something truly unordinary, the movie just goes through one fever dream after another.

Too bizarre to find appealing and too rushed to be a welcome introduction, Felix the Cat the Movie fails to revitalize the famous cat into a new generation. Despite a lot of talented artistry and songs sprinkled throughout, the clunky story, incorrigible characters, horrendous sound editing and insipid world-building are more than enough to keep this film at the bottom of the barrel. Unless you're a curious fan of the cat's filmography, the best advice is to stay away from this disaster at all costs. One can only wonder how such an ambitious project fell so drastically apart when it was passed down from one generation to another.

It's honestly quite rare to find non-Disney animated movies of this caliber. I remember renting this on VHS when I was a kid.

When I was working at GamesStop a few years ago a snagged this one under the table because we didn't have it in our DVD inventory. After googling it, I've learned that there's never been a US DVD release of this movie, so I'm honestly unsure where my copy was produced. It's got a red case with a big picture of Felix on the front.

Regardless, I've enjoyed rewatching this movie after growing up. I'm honestly quite impressed with the story. In truth though, it's stunted by a poor presentation. Corny lines are kind of fun, but the story itself is good enough that it's unfortunate the dialogue and character development aren't taken as seriously.

All in all, I enjoyed this movie and think it's definitely worth a view. It's an easy way to distract the kids for 90 minutes. I only wish it was available on Netflix. It's a hard one to find, good luck.

I don't know what the scriptwriter was thinking when he scribbled this up. I don't know what the many eyes poring over it once it was conceived thought about it, how the movie even got green-lit, and how anyone that read it could think, "This is the PERFECT movie for Felix the Cat!" What I do know is that they were all high as a kite, and I'm glad that it happened.

Felix the Cat: The Movie was created on acid, and you'll feel like you've dropped some yourself when you watch it. 1950's era Felix and his friends are dragged into a 1980's nightmare. From a purely critical perspective, the movie isn't very good; it's barely passable. From a human perspective, it's a unique, unforgettable experience that is an (poorly) animated smörgåsbord of crazy.

Taking classic cartoon characters and giving them theatrical movies has overstayed its welcome by now, but Felix was one of the first to do it. You're either going to pioneer a bunch of copycats (Scooby Doo) or be hated and resigned from ever trying again (Tom & Jerry). Felix slides under the radar and sits somewhere in the middle. It's my honest opinion that if it wasn't so obscure, it would be a cult favorite.

The basic gist of the movie's plot is that in an alternate dimension, Princess Oriana is forcefully dethroned when her villain-uncle, the Mysterio expy named the Duke of Zill, returns from exile and forcefully takes the throne. Her desperate plea for help manifests as a transdimensional tear that finds Felix and leads him (and the snooping pair of the Professor and Poindexter) to an elevator that takes him to Oriana's world. From there, Felix falls pray to the freakish nature of the land of Zill and is eventually enslaved. Using his magic bag of tricks, Felix finds the Princess and they escape, heading for the castle in an attempt to take down the Duke of Zill.

This movie is such a mixed bag. The animation suffers but the music is great. The story is out of place for something revolving around Felix the Cat, yet the setting is intriguing. The inhabitants of Zill all have monstrous designs, but are otherwise fun-loving people. When you see the state of their world versus the pristine land of Oriana, it makes you wonder if the Duke is really that bad, and just why they were content to see the princess forced to dance in a bubble if they considered her the source of their misfortunes. These are subtleties in the movie you won't see mentioned by people looking to trash it. If Felix wasn't a hopeless optimist with an annoying voice and plenty of crummy jokes, this movie would be a lot darker.

My favorite aspect of this movie, however, are the frequent moments where you just have to stare in disbelief and wonder if that really happened. Besides several bouts of terrible animation that border on hypnotic, there is a scene where the good guys are attacked by flying menaces known as "headhunters" that presumably decapitate (!) their victims, which features a quick frame of a bloody (!!) Oriana that they probably meant to delete. That scene is eventually topped when the characters are suddenly attacked by a man-eating dragon that randomly spouts Marlon Brando lines. I really thought someone had messed with the version of the movie I was watching when that happened, but I gained some respect when I realized it was intentional. Honestly, who *wouldn't* want to be attacked by a man-eating dragon spouting Marlon Brando lines? You're not going to get this kind of satisfaction from Frozen.

This is one of the few movies that I think legitimately qualifies as "so bad it's good."

"Felix the Cat: The Movie",More like "The Felix Horror Picture Show", filled with evil themes involving demons, scary images, and a notorious ruler. The classics from the 1920s and 1930s have the magic that cherishes animation collectors. This crap should have stayed in it home country, Europe, just like the Croatian animated masterpiece "The Magician's Hat", which is more watchable and likable compare to THIS! Stick with the classics, which are the real deals.

In general, this was an interesting movie, using some of the world's first computer animation for special effects. Made right after Czechloslovakia was ridding itself of Communism, this production had a wonderful team of voice actors playing a diverse cast of characters. Overall, the movie was good, although Felix himself, his personality, and his voice can all get really annoying. The animation was quite interesting, as well as the artwork gone into it. It may not be the best movie for everyone, but has always been one of my favorites. I suggest you at least try to see it.

I like Felix the cat. Never mind Mickey Mouse, Felix was really the first cartoon character to actually have a personality. But sadly Felix is one unlucky black cat, and this movie is real proof of it. If really deranged animation is your guilty pleasure, I know it's mine, then by all means watch this because it makes Ren and Stimpy look like Filmation. But if you like animation where the protagonist doesn't laugh at dead people's remains or say "woah" every two seconds in an annoying voice, and the characters' dialogue actually makes sense at least 90% of the time, then better leave this one in the bargain bin. I read that Dreamworks now has the rights to Felix. Maybe they can do better with computer graphics than this movie did.

That quote right there, that quote easily tells you right there that Felix The Cat is a downright insane person that would look fine at a local Asylum.

Come to think of it, so does this film too. It constantly strangles itself like a crappy Poundland Bart Simpson knockoff and shoves so much weird and trippy imagery down our eyelids and our throats that there is literally, and I mean LITERALLY, no room to breathe for an actual story.

Or actual characters too.

Felix The Cat: The Movie is an 82 minute hellhole, hold on, what am I even saying lads, this is not a film, this is an exercise in constant unbearableness. An exercise even someone like Winnie The Pooh would give up after 4 seconds.

I, one of the few poor unfortunate souls (Disney reverencing aside) actually had this sucker on DVD. And even as a young lad I thought, watching Superman watching The Three Stooges watching Laurel and Hardy watching paint dry would have been more enjoyable than this.

Literally right at the start, the film throws you out of your comfy sofa with noise. "Oh the noise! Noise! Noise!" The Grinch basically summed the film up there.

The film never once SHUTS UP, once one character's talked, then another talks and random sound effects are put here and there. It's as if everyone part of the production thought "Oh no! The film's gonna be crap if it's quiet! Oh my! The kiddie winks will get bored if we don't give em noise!" and they ran around the studio shouting and yelling and thought "Yeah, that would make a good film."

No, it didn't lads. No, it bladdy well didn't.

Also I think this must be the first animated film where you'll want everyone dead within under 4 seconds...

The incredibly irritating and rather psychopathic Felix who could make even Hannibal Lecter cry in his sleep.

The two random guys who want his bag.

The unbelievably retarded princess who actually withdrew her army at the start despite the fact she KNOWS she needed them. (What a dumbarse.)

There is literally not one single human being or animal to root for here, you'll want to literally blow up the dreaded place.

Oh yes and what about the abysmal animation that looks rushed, unfinished and probably has tons of errors?

To those saying it looks like a Saturday morning cartoon, trust me, it wouldn't even look good as a Saturday morning cartoon. Even those choppy 70's cartoons look better than this.

Voice acting is unbelievably grating. I actually came out with a massive headache shortly afterwards. (I'll take all those bad things I said about you back Scaredy Squirrel, you ain't as grating as these miserable lot here.) There's not even a famous person(unless you count Alice Playten from Ridley Scott's Legend and the Disney version of Doug). Not to mention it hardly even matches the chuffin lip synch and in some parts it's so bloody loud you can't even understand what they're saying. Christ el mundo, was all this sound editing done by a one year old? Even then they would have done better.

Felix The Cat: The Movie is an unbearable psychedelic trip that not only hurts the eyes but blows up the ears as if it's some crappy Michael Bay film. Even as a drug it still wouldn't be fun in the slightest.

Everything grates on your nerves within 1 second and it completely spits on the legacy of this beloved character.

Easily one of the worst animated films ever made and a horrible experience I never want to revisit again.

Now run away children, run as fast as you can and never look back at this damn thing.

AAAAARRGGGH!