2010, Folimage
Animation
Rating: PG
Approx. 61 mins.
THE STORY:
Zoe is a young girl living in Paris with her mother (Marcia Gay Harden), nanny (Anjelica Houston) and, most importantly, cat. The death of Zoe's police officer father has left her unable to speak, and her mother-- also a police officer-- obsessed with bringing the criminal responsible, Victor Costa (JB Blanc), to justice.
Little does Zoe know that her cat lives a double life as a literal cat burglar. After slipping out of Zoe's window every night, he joins a burglar named Nico (Steve Blum) in entering houses and disemburdening the residents of their treasures.
While Zoe's mother is busy chasing Nico, Nico discovers that the nanny is actually in cahoots with Costa, and Zoe has been kidnapped. Nico is a thief with a moral compass, and makes it his mission to rescue Zoe. Zoe's mother realizes that Nico is on her side, and the two become unexpected allies in saving Zoe and catching Costa.
QUESTIONABLE LANGUAGE:
Little does Zoe know that her cat lives a double life as a literal cat burglar. After slipping out of Zoe's window every night, he joins a burglar named Nico (Steve Blum) in entering houses and disemburdening the residents of their treasures.
While Zoe's mother is busy chasing Nico, Nico discovers that the nanny is actually in cahoots with Costa, and Zoe has been kidnapped. Nico is a thief with a moral compass, and makes it his mission to rescue Zoe. Zoe's mother realizes that Nico is on her side, and the two become unexpected allies in saving Zoe and catching Costa.
QUESTIONABLE LANGUAGE:
- shut up
- idiot
- stupid
VIOLENCE:
- Fair bit of gun play, shooting and threats to kill
- People and animals appear to get crushed and fall off buildings
TEACHING POINTS:
- Nothing significant
THE UPSHOT:
There is a little humour in the form of the bumbling gangsters, but it is a pretty dark, serious movie. There isn't explicit violence per se, but there is plenty of shooting, threatening and implied violence. Despite the title, it's also not very focused on the cat; it is in essence a film noir detective/ gangster movie.
Despite its brevity, it definitely won't entertain or be accessible to very young kids. The 5 year-old in the room got a bit nervous a couple of times-- particularly when a dog appeared to get hurt-- and didn't understand some of the central conceits. We had to have a conversation about how trauma can lead to physical symptoms such as mutism, and I'm not really sure the point ever got made.
It's very cool and stylish: Billie Holiday purrs in the background as the Parisian skyline rolls out before you. The poster variations shown in one of the Extras segments are gorgeous, but ultimately that's how the whole movie started to seem to me: stylish, elegant, two-dimensional, lacking in substance.
2.5/5
Despite its brevity, it definitely won't entertain or be accessible to very young kids. The 5 year-old in the room got a bit nervous a couple of times-- particularly when a dog appeared to get hurt-- and didn't understand some of the central conceits. We had to have a conversation about how trauma can lead to physical symptoms such as mutism, and I'm not really sure the point ever got made.
It's very cool and stylish: Billie Holiday purrs in the background as the Parisian skyline rolls out before you. The poster variations shown in one of the Extras segments are gorgeous, but ultimately that's how the whole movie started to seem to me: stylish, elegant, two-dimensional, lacking in substance.
2.5/5
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