AniMat Watches Felix The Cat: The Movie

First Impressions

AniMat begins his first viewing of Felix the Cat: The Movie expecting a famously bad animated oddity—and quickly finds himself overwhelmed by its chaotic style and storytelling. The movie appears to send Felix into the other-dimensional kingdom of Oriana, where a princess needs help, but its detours, side characters, and musical interludes make the plot hard to follow.

A Chaotic Style

The film jumps between early computer graphics and wildly inconsistent hand-drawn animation. AniMat marvels at strange visuals, including a seemingly sentient tear, and wonders whether some scenes are experimental animation or simply random.

He also questions Felix’s constant quips and the voice acting, joking that characters seem to speak because someone added dialogue after the animation was finished.

Standout Absurdities

Among the film’s stranger moments are:

• A musical number that seems to focus on boxes.
• A circus sequence with a baffled audience and a performer’s fruit-salad joke.
• A long stretch of dancing and distractions that AniMat feels brings the story to a halt.

One line he appreciates is a villain describing Felix as “a demented cat in another dimension.” Later, he pokes fun at the climactic logic: the heroes confuse headhunters by wearing hats, and the conflict is apparently settled by throwing a magic book at the enemy.

Final Reaction

By the end, AniMat calls the movie a “travesty” and compares it to Yellow Submarine, while saying it lacks the sense of purpose or cohesion that makes that film work. He’s relieved to finish the experience and says he’ll need time to gather his thoughts for a full review.

Personalities Featured

AniMat (the host); Felix the Cat; the princess; the Professor; Poindexter; Wack and Pim; and various circus performers and strange inhabitants of Oriana.