La grande cavale

OMG, this kitty is ADORABLE. I love Marnie. This is a sweet story about Marnie, a cat who is pampered by her owner BUT she isn't one of those Cinderella type cats. She is sweet & even eats at the table with perfect table manners. Marnie is an inside cat who's not allowed to go outside. To keep heself occupied she watches detective shows on TV. She has detective toys like a camara & a fold out telescope she uses to watch what's going on. One day her owner has a relative in a wheelchair come to stay until he gets better. He's a bad guy who is faking he can't walk & burglarizes houses in the neighborhood when she's at work. Marnie the great detective cat catches him out of his wheelchair dancing around to music & takes a picture for proof. He tricks Marnie into a box, seals it up & mails poor Marnie to the North Pole! The adventure goes on from there.

I think the story could've been better but I liked this movie. I would like to see another Spy Cat movie just because Marnie is soooo cute! I appreciate that the story isn't a loud hundred miles an hour deal & that Marnie is slow, but steady, & soft spoken.

I have rarely seen such a smart kids movie. It is executed rather brilliantly, as it is both funny, cute and will make you think hard about stuff. My kid loved this a lot, and we spoke afterwards about implications of different situations.

Recommended.

This european animated movie has fun humor and an overall great heartfelt message. I loved the character design of the four animals and their humorous presentation. Each of them has its own original personality Their funny relationship made the film. Marnie, the house cat is really cute and cuddly. She knows life only through television and she has to lead the group of different characters on an adventure that will test all of them. The dialogue sometimes sound a little like it's been translated from a foreign language - which probably has, considering this is a german-belgian co-production. All in all it is a nicely told, funny and family friendly film. For adults it might be sometimes a bit silly, but kids will love especially these parts and there are some adult jokes too, that really work.

Before I watched this animation, I've read some of the reviews on IMDB. Some of them saying that this animation is kind of fun. After I've watched, I agree with them. This animation is indeed full of fun. Although it's not quite possible that a cat can solve the case, it's really fun to watch.

The plot is really simple, but maybe because the directing is good, it turned out to be somehow good. I love detective stories, so, I kept watching it. And I've discovered that it's interesting and exciting in some way. Even though the animation is not from Disney, it's still OK. But I don't like Marnie's voice artist. The sound is too sharp and tiny. The other voice artists are doing fine. So, if they have chosen the other voice artist for Marnie character, it'd be better.

Conclusion is that although the animation really needs to improve, the animation is really full of fun and good to watch. Hence, I've totally enjoyed every second of it.

I saw the movie the first time at the International Animation Film Festival in Annecy 2018. This fun trip had me and the audience laughing and giggling throughout (apart from some sad moments in the middle). Last week I took my sons to see it with them together. They also enjoyed it and we give this one a thumbs-up. It's not the acme of computer animation (it's a german low-budget-film) but immensly charming and entertaining and the texture looks amazing in the close ups. Definitely worth watching for everybody who likes "Paddington" or "Wallace&Gromit".