Synopsis
This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.
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Cast
- Joey LawrenceOliver (voice)
- Billy JoelDodger (voice)
- Cheech MarinTito (voice)
- Richard MulliganEinstein (voice)
- Roscoe Lee BrowneFrancis (voice)
- Sheryl Lee RalphRita (voice)
- Dom DeLuiseFagin (voice)
- Taurean BlacqueRoscoe (voice)
- Carl WeintraubDesoto (voice)
- Robert LoggiaSykes (voice)
Recommendations
- 88
Washington Post
Oliver & Company, the directorial debut of veteran animator George Scribner, is Mouse Factory magic with edge. It's the claws ce'le`bre. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
The film offers a fanciful, lush urban setting, unusual for Disney animated features, and a couple of good songs, Once Upon a Time in New York City performed by Huey Lewis and Perfect Isn't Easy sung by Midler. - 75
Washington Post
Take the kids. Have fun. - 70
Time Out
Cornball adventure ensues, punctuated by healthy helpings of singing, dancing and general merriment. - 63
Chicago Reader
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. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Danger's never clear and present, but rather a convention. Simply put, Oliver & Company didn't work for me not because I'm many years past my sixth birthday but because it never scared me into forgetting that fact. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
Oliver & Company comes across as a rather shabby transitional work, one that lacks the sophistication of today's 'toons and doesn't hold up to the Disney classics of yesteryear. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Although Oliver & Company is fairly entertaining and better looking than the average Saturday morning cartoon show, the computer-assisted animation is relatively stiff and inexpressive.
