Fresh
The animation is fairly unexciting though serviceable, and the overall mystification of class difference would probably have made Dickens shudder, but kids should find this tolerable enough.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Oliver & Company
The first Disney movie with attitude.
1988 · 1h 14m · G
Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
George Scribner
Overview
A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get food and later Oliver lives with him, his owner Fagin and Fagin's other dogs Tito, Rita, Einstein, and Francis. Fagin has one problem besides being broke he owes a nasty man named Sykes a lot of money. If he can't pay it back he's in big trouble. While Oliver runs into a little girl named Jenny who becomes his new owner which he is happy with and later Sykes sees Jenny as the key for him to get his money.
Director and cast
- George Scribner Director
- Joey Lawrence as Oliver (voice)
- Billy Joel as Dodger (voice)
- Cheech Marin as Tito (voice)
- Richard Mulligan as Einstein (voice)
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Francis (voice)
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Rita (voice)
- Dom DeLuise as Fagin (voice)
- Taurean Blacque as Roscoe (voice)
- Carl Weintraub as Desoto (voice)
- Robert Loggia as Sykes (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Even as a cartoon poodle, Bette Midler stops the show.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
The film offers a fanciful, lush urban setting, unusual for Disney animated features, and a couple of good songs.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Despite three screenwriters and 13 names credited for the story, the script quickly sinks into a predictable 'girl-meets-pet, girl-loses-pet, girl-and -pet-reunite' sap-trap.
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Fresh
Take the kids. Have fun.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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