Stompgal_87 I stumbled upon this film right here on IMDb when it recommended this title for me due to having looked at the information given for the 2010 film 'The Illusionist.' I then watched both trailers, one in French with English subtitles and the other in English and they looked stunning. Upon watching the English dub of the film, I enjoyed it slightly more than the trailers since I got more out of it although there are a few problems such as the film being a little too short for my tastes, the story being a tad complicated and the dubbing sometimes seeming off.The animation is artistic and vibrantly coloured if flickery and a tad choppy in places but it is impeccably cel-shaded and I liked the effective white line-drawing animation against a black background towards the end. The backgrounds are equally as vibrant and are also well-shaded - I especially liked how Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower were realised. The English-language dialogue was over-familiar in parts but delivered the occasional true-to-life line that I would respond to in relation to my pretty mediocre life at the moment while the voice acting seems unusual with a mixture of British and American actors but it is clear and well-projected nonetheless. The incidental music is jazzy, beautiful and suspenseful at the right moments. While the story is, as I mentioned, hard to follow in parts, it has the right amount of moving and tense moments with a subtle hint of joy. Moving onto the characters, Claudine and Nico are endearing, Zoe's mother is stern yet affectionate and Zoe herself is sweet, even though she didn't start speaking until the second half of the film and the cat is equally adorable.Overall, this French independent animated film is on par with the majority of similar titles I had seen ('The Illusionist,' 'The Old Lady and the Pigeons' and 'Ernest and Celestine') and a notch above 'The Monk and the Fish.' 8/10.

J_Charles Hard to review this film. If it's supposedly aimed at kids, the subject matter is fairly dark with a dead father, a single mother obsessed with work and finding her husband's killer, some betrayal, some really obnoxious bad guys and a charming lovable cat. The story is interesting and despite all the loose ends and unanswered questions it leaves, it held enough of my interest and entertained my eight year old.But the ugly drawings - ugh. Reminded me of Beavis and Butthead. On the one side, they work hard to have some decent looking backgrounds. But the characters look like Picasso rejects. Don't know why they went with that style. I found it distracting and annoying. My 8 year old's drawings have more art and substance in them.Being such a crudely drawn film I am perplexed as to how this film could have received an Oscar nomination for Animated Film. Was there nothing else that year? Nothing at all? 5/10

TheLittleSongbird I found A Cat in Paris to be a very good film. Although it is rather short, perhaps too short, it is very well animated with ethereal colours, beautiful sceneries and a fantastic atmosphere that is both thrilling and nostalgic. I agree however that how tiny the feet were drawn was a form of annoyance. The music was both haunting and charming, almost like listening to a score by Bernard Hermann. The story is not the most original story in the world, but I didn't see it as a bad thing, seeing how slickly paced, vivid, affecting and humorous A Cat in Paris was. The characters also engage, with the best being the title character, a strutting observant sort of cat, and the little girl who is sweet and moving, and the voice acting is dynamic enough too. In conclusion, a very good film. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Boba_Fett1138 Thing that these little, European, animated movies always have going for them is the fact that they are unique to look at. They have a visual style and atmosphere of its own, that is being quite different from any of the animated movies, coming from the big studios. And this is probably the only thing that this movie still has going for it really.Sorry to say but this movie really isn't much special. Story-wise it's all a bit too familiar and it doesn't has enough excitement or originality to offer. This feels like a typical animated movie, for kids to watch early on a Saturday or Sunday morning. So it's still good and enjoyable enough all but just nothing special really. It's not a movie that will stick to your mind, for a very long time.Visually it's a pleasant movie to look at but again, it's nothing that special really. The animation is actually quite simplistic, which prevents the movie from ever doing anything groundbreaking or impressive to look at. The movie does still have a couple of stylish and artistic moments in it but unfortunately the most impressive thing to look at are still its end credits.I'm not even all that sure about it if this is a movie all children will enjoy. There are some comical moments in it but the story itself is lacking some real excitement and isn't always that interesting to follow and to keep your interest, let alone that of young children. But luckily it's only an hour short movie, so it also never starts to become a boring or one, or anything like that.Good enough but really nothing Oscar worthy.6/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/