The Cat in the Hat (1971)

Animation, Comedy, Family /
7.2/10

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Two children left home alone for a short while one afternoon are visited by a very interesting yet troublesome cat wearing a tall striped hat. The cat succeeds in creating a huge mess in their house – can they get it cleaned up before Mom gets home?—scgary66

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The Cat in the Hat Movie Reviews

I do love this book, it’s the greatest of all/I love it winter, spring, summer and fall

On this, what would have been Dr. Seuss’s 103rd birthday, I wanted to talk about the TV adaptation of one of his greatest books. It seems that “The Cat in the Hat” was actually a political allegory, as the hedonistic feline gets the kids to go all wild in the midst of the regimented suburban world of 1950s America.

But even beyond that, it’s still a masterpiece. Dr. Seuss always had wonderful ideas, and this one was no exception. I notice that it was directed by Hawley Pratt, formerly a Looney Tunes animator. He obviously had a good eye for many things. A true classic. I heard that the 2003 live action version was little more than a 90-minute commercial padded with jokes inappropriate for children.

Show #3 (Format: DVD)

Is the worst thing, in your opinion, to be bored? I’ve heard for a lot of people it is. But, have you heard the old saying- if you’re bored, then you’re boring? I never much paid attention to it most of my life but when I hear people say certain movies are boring, and I decide to respond to that, this rings in my ears. I don’t know whether or not I’m boring, but I am almost never bored. So, The Cat in the Hat is about 2 bored children who need entertainment on a rainy day because rainy weather just bums some people out. That lame starter is a good indication of how weak this made-for-television special will be. The problem could be the source material (the only thing I remember being an annoyance in the book was the entire Thing 1, Thing 2 sequence), but I wouldn’t go that far. I mean, this adaptation may stick unbelievably close to the (very short) children’s book. But this version of the story relies heavily on getting the cat to stay in the house which itself results in cartoon calamity- the reason these filmmakers see as being why you’ll want to stick around.

As he first begins to leave, he gets his foot in the door by angrily (then tearfully) claiming that one of the children or their pet fish have stolen a piece of his property in the 2 minutes he’s been there. Now, I understand logic has very little to do with a Suess story, but it’s nonetheless hard to accept this when we know there’s no way the kids or fish could have taken anything from the cat. And despite the logic excuse, there is actually a little emotion in the characters as the cat annoyingly whines and the children actually react to this by suspecting the fish of foul play. The children really are great, aren’t they? They’re kind enough to go all out in helping the cat look for his missing item but not thoughtful enough of their mother as they begin running around the house writing all over everything with markers. Did they even stop to say “that’s wrong”? No. But forget all that, this special really goes to hell when Thing 1 and Thing 2 show up. Even the cat busts a gasket and can only say “they can find anything, anything, anything under the sun” even though what they’re doing has nothing to do with finding something. Instead they ignore the cat’s dilemma and terrorize the fish.

Since I’m not going to convince anyone of anything by trying to take logic apart, let’s look at the artistic aspects of the movie. How’s the music? Well scored. It’s good music. But vocally and lyrically, the songs are not good (although the international language-learner “Cat Hat” comes close). Take out the words, sung by singers I wouldn’t care to hear from again, and I’d love to hear the music in a better animated short. But the performers are entirely, well- underwhelming at best (except for Thurl Ravenscroft- the one voice you’ll recognize from Disney’s Haunted Mansion theme, the classic “Grim Grinning Ghosts”). Especially Allan Sherman as the cat, who rushes through most of his lines. However, Cat in the Hat is not all bad. In fact, the animation is pretty darn good at times. Especially during the Cat’s song about how he’s no good and the “Cat Hat” song.

As of my writing this, I’ve seen all 9 of the DVD-released Dr. Suess specials and this is easily the weakest of all of them.

Very nice second half

Dr. Seuss and his stories are not very familiar here in Holland and although the Jim Carrey version of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ was a pretty big hit it hasn’t changed that very much. Still, I saw this animated version of ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and let me start by saying that it is so much better and funnier than the Mike Myers version.

When the mother (voice by Gloria Camacho) of a girl (voice by Pamelyn Ferdin) and a boy (voice by Tony Frazier) leaves on a rainy evening the kids are very bored. A cat in a hat (voice by Allan Sherman) enters the house to cheer them up. The fish (voice by Daws Butler) is not very fond of that because they are making a huge mess. Everything must be clean before mother comes home.

The first half with the arrival of the cat is not that great. It has some nice songs though. The second half, especially the part where the cat explains how he is called in other countries, is great and very funny. I understand why stories like this are very popular. Kids just have to like it and for adults it must be a nice memory from their childhood.

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