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Cats & Dogs

PG

Released Jul 4, 2001

1h 27m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Adventure

List

52%

Tomatometer

119 Reviews

32%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

"Cats & Dogs" uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren't even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats from executing their plan.

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Critics Consensus

A great concept, but the movie fails to develop the characters and some of the jokes are hit-or-miss.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Plenty of heart and hijinks mixed with litter box humor.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Amy Biancolli

San Francisco Chronicle

Rated: 3/4

Jul 30, 2010

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Michael D. Reid

Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada)

While this fusion [of different effects] seamlessly creates the illusion cats and dogs are indeed talking to each other, the story has all the charm of a flatulent Fido who's just devoured a crate full of Gravy Train.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 30, 2024

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Dan DiNicola

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

No real drama here, only little spurts of humor, and the decision to blend animatronics with live-action animals can get annoying.

Rated: C

Apr 30, 2024

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Cats & Dogs is meant to be entertaining and for the most part, is. Ignore the humans, embrace the animals and watch the fur, and fun, fly! And fear not - no animals were harmed in the making of this movie.

Nov 7, 2019

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Platty the Perrypus W

We like seeing cartoons get hurt, not actual dogs. There's cartoony fun and then there's cruelty.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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cod

terrible acting, bad plot very cringe imo

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/02/23

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Dylan B

Horrible CGI and story

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/31/23

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Ash P

This is clever on it's own mainly for the younger audience. Clever as Cats vs Dogs could go but the plot is a little half-baked. Voice acting isn't bad, not gonna lie. If the humans weren't included, this movie would've gotten a higher score for me. Although, it's still clever as the concept, as well as some of the jokes and story. 5/10.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/17/23

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MSOU K

The plot is not bad, but not the best either, the graphics are fine, especially considering the pitiful budget of 60 million dollars.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/29/23

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Mateusz C

something about it just was fun

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/23

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Synopsis

"Cats & Dogs" uncovers the truth about the high-tech, secret war being waged in neighborhoods everywhere that humans aren't even aware of: an eternal struggle between the two great armies of Cats and Dogs. The story follows a Cat plan to destroy a new vaccine that, if developed, would destroy all human allergies to Dogs, and the Dogs' efforts to stop the Cats from executing their plan.

Director: Lawrence Guterman
Producer: Andrew Lazar, Warren Zide, Christopher DeFaria, Craig Perry
Screenwriter: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Village Roadshow Prod.
Rating: PG (Animal Humor|Animal Action)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 4, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $93.4M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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