Takes itself way too seriously

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

A different way of telling a story

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

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.

I think I see where the creators were trying to go with this weird melange of mixed story elements and bland artistic choices. But for me, it didn't work at all. First, the story itself. I don't remember much of Felix from my younger days, but I have half-remembered images of an irrepressibly cheerful kitty who pulled amazing things out of his "Bag Of Tricks" and tickled my younger self with his magical "anything can happen" existence. And it's obvious that's what the film makers are trying to do here. But to me,now, it feels forced and phony and annoying. I found some of the original Felix cartoons on YouTube to see if my adult tastes and sensibilities were to blame...nope, those old cartoons are still weird and goofy and incredibly creative. But you know what else they were? They're SHORT. And there's the problem. Felix is a character meant to show up, do something outrageous and tricky, and LEAVE. If you keep him around for 90 minutes plus, you have to try to flesh him out, and add to his backstory...and the creators just don't have the ability to do this convincingly. Now Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett (from this generation) or Theodore Sturgeon, or even R.A. Lafferty...THOSE guys could have come up with a way to fill things out and come up with a story that justified this much time with the character without exhausting our patience. I might have been able to live with a poor story if the actual animation quality had been better, but to me, that's where the film really falls down. You'd expect this level of animation for a weekly kids cartoon on TV, not a feature release. The character designs were generic and undistinguished, and the animation was pure hack work. I understand that good animation is hard, hard work; it takes time, talent, money, and inspiration. "Felix" was completely lacking in inspiration and talent. Or else the talent didn't have any time or money. Once every 3-4 minutes, there would be a nice flash of something decent, but if you blinked, you'd miss it. Also, the sound was mixed and synched so badly that half the time I couldn't make out what the characters were saying. The voice acting appeared to be the stuff from the first couple of takes from actors who spoke English as a second language. And there were musical numbers that were neither funny or charming. A kid might like this. A LITTLE kid, who hadn't grown up with Warner Brothers, Ralph Bakshi, Disney, Don Bluth, and Pixar and didn't have any taste for "the good stuff". Or an adult who saw this as a kid and has fond memories of it. I wasn't expecting much, and I got even less. File this one with "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and "The Magic Voyage": animated bologna that does nothing to make you believe in the power of animation to tell stories that live action can't.

Felix the cat is a cartoon from the 1920's. It was very good and pretty funny. But some Idiot in Hollywood thought that this would transfer well into film. That person should have their brain examined.The film is about Felix the cat who travels to the land of Oriana to help Princess Oriana to fight off her evil uncle after a science experiment and wants to rule the land of Oriana. There is also a sub-plot about how Felix's Magic bag keeps getting stolen by this mad scientist.This is a loud and obnoxious film filled with bad characters, stupid story and the sound mixing with characters is awful. Sometimes you cannot understand what the characters are saying. Felix is very dull and kind of sick at times because he sees corpses and starts laughing. Stay away from this awful film and stick to the classic cartoon.Rated G.1hr 22min/82min.BOMB/****

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