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The Rabbi's Cat
Directed by
Joann Sfar
and
Antoine Delesvaux
Not Rated
2011
1h 40m
Animation
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Comedy
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7.1
94%
75%
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Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the family parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.
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Cast of The Rabbi's Cat
François Morel
The cat (voice)
Hafsia Herzi
Zlabya, rabbi's daughter (voice)
Maurice Bénichou
Rabbi (voice)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Malka of the lions (voice)
Daniel Cohen
Rabbi of the rabbi (voice)
François Damiens
Reporter (voice)
Mohamed Fellag
Sheik Mohammed Sfar (voice)
Mathieu Amalric
Prince (voice)
Eric Elmosnino
Professor Solimane (voice)
Marguerite Abouet
African (voice)
Wojciech Pszoniak
Vastenov (voice)
Alice Houri
Knidelette (voice)
Sava Lolov
Young Russian painter (voice)
Joann Sfar
Jew from the trunk (voice)
The Rabbi's Cat Ratings & Reviews
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
The film presents an often sharp commentary on dueling beliefs and idiocies that unfolds in lush pastel hues and distinctively retro drawings.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Though we wander a bit, the trip is a delight, thanks to the witty company.
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Like the title character, the makers of The Rabbi's Cat follow their noses wherever a new scent leads. Their eternal curiosity buoys this Cat, then impairs it somewhat, but redeems it by the end.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
It's a wild and vivid ride and a spirited reminder of the kinship between Jewish and Arab cultural traditions.
AV Club
Tasha Robinson
While the scenes don't always fit together thematically or tonally, each one is its own polished gem.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
"Ambitious" isn't the word here; "random" is more like it.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Nina Garin
It's a movie that packs all its ideas in beautifully animated doses, filled with Northern African music and landscapes. It may get clunky, but it's easy to get lost in its loveliness.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A French animated film about the unusual quest of a rabbi, a skeikh, and a talking cat to discover the essential unity of life.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Fascinating, clever animated tale not meant for young kids.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Despite its flaws, the film is at least a consistent vision, attesting through both its story and animation to the rabbi's right to be different while also striving for human solidarity.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
One of the most grown-up animated features of the modern age.
Village Voice
Sarah Fisch
An absorbing, nuanced, and vividly animated tale of adventure, ambivalent morality, colonial injustice, talking animals, and the vagaries of religious zeal and colonialism.
Variety
Boyd van Hoeij
It is often colorful, witty and inspired, but also too episodic, and lacks a strong ending.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jordan Mintzer
Despite the overstuffed storytelling, Sfar and co-director Antoine Delesvaux provide an incredible palette of visuals culled from the style Sfar originally created on paper.
culturevulture.net
Emily S. Mendel
Sfar's enchanting portrait of a society in which Jews and Muslims live compatibly is a lesson for our time
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