That Darn Cat (1997) - Nostalgia Critic

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else is blue Tuffy flakes I'm gonna go look at a box of it right now because I'm chaplain oh no Tuffy the Tiger is missing it's still a date but tell me the Tiger is missing this looks like a job for my bestest friend in the whole wide world void play by Lloyd come in Lloyd come in damn it chaplain I told you never to call me between the times of now or ever I'm sorry boy but it's an emergency Tuffy the Tiger is missing oh my god that adorable YouTube sensation with almost 19 subscribers actually no it's a serial mascot oh who cares the world cares Lloyd and if we don't do something about it the world may stop caring oh okay where was he last channel awesome Studios shooting a commercial with my owner the Nostalgia Critic oh yeah my food giver the cinema snob was heading over there to Tuffy hasn't gotten far perhaps they could lead us to it I'm Chaplin yes perhaps we can keep tabs on them through my surveillance cameras I conveniently set up all over the world and see if they lead us to him Wow you mean like the movie that darn cat [Music] nope nothing like that oh okay let's watch them and see what happens you got it pal you want to talk about that darn cat sure the original that darn cat premiered in 1965 to positive reviews and a decent box office following the story of an alley cat who police suspect could lead them to a kidnapped woman it's one of those overlooked Disney classics that had good comedy memorable characters hiding the intimidating villains because I get friends ten little led nose friends in here and they all run faster you do moms Oh in 1997 at the height of Disney's live-action cinematic Renaissance a remake was released starring Christina Ricci dougie Doug and whoever else said I need a down payment on a condo where the original had surprisingly a lot of personality and even suspense this has a surprisingly small amount of darn cat and an annoyingly large amount of dick humans notice how the original has an exclamation point in its title and the remake has comics Anza's unemployable brother big clue and we're gonna look at how such a lousy remake from such an enjoyable source material could have happened with apologies to feline lovers watching and felines as well they're doing nothing but sitting there imagine an animal doing such a thing let's watch something else are you suggesting we let an innocent creature die just so you don't have to watch their review let's take a look at that darn cat oh you saw the Lion King remake - yeah there aren't enough yes is in the world oh ok fine we'll keep an eye on them I'm Lloyd no you're not you're Chaplin oh that's right I'm Chaplin sir amis because that's what you are sie amis and I'm Chaplin the film opens with the sounds of every cat tortured in the making of this production [Music] well they sound say I think they'll be okay not by the sound of this follow-up noise that I swear we didn't put in Kudo relax Pluto just ate another kitten from the Aristocats another he's got very dark dark history the opening credits roll but not before this important piece of information how would you like to be christina ricci knowing that your top billing was stolen by the location and date well everyone thinks Good Will Hunting was the 1997 movie that put Boston on the cinematic map but they're wrong it's this well thank God they let us know when this took place the music would have been a tip-off at all da Motown the film opens with one of the stars from the original team Jones playing a millionaire getting ready for bed with his wife played by Diane cannon I'll tell you what's horrible even porkbelly's you're saying she wouldn't be laughing if you knew what his night life was like I need puppy the credits roll Dean asked the maid for some food while Jason Vorhees witnesses come knocking on the door hi Peter Boyle mystery solved yeah unlike the last film where was based on suspense of whether or not the kidnappers will kill the woman here it's supposed to be a mystery of who committed the crime but a there's only two duo's in the entire movie which narrows it down and B even if you didn't know Peter Boyle was in this film you would by the time you heard this it sounds like Raymond's dad kidnapped his kids and won't give them back until he divorces Deborah save her for the reunion show the unknown criminals accidentally abduct the maid instead of the wife as we got to the next day beautifully composed by your two-year-olds Pinkalicious music gap [Music] and they say Mario Paint music is dead christina ricci plays let me guess the weird girl who wears all black no really of course that's what she's playing who finds blending in with the cast of Riverdale more daunting than trying to blend in with a cat she's supposed to have owned for years painfully hard for you to be nice I think you want her with all the nice in the family mom this version of DC is one of the most uncomfortable looking animals I've ever seen in a film every shot either quickly cuts away as if he bolted before the scene was over or it looks like someone's waving a toy off screen he leaves so little impact they actually replaced him with a different cat on the poster and nobody noticed the original DC has such presence is that the people who made it knew if it was going to be called that darn cat they should probably get that darn cat right I think of movies like babe or homeward bound or they pick in the city the animals look so invested and in every moment because they train them so well here if you feel the animals interest being bribed with goodies it immediately takes you out of it that is outrageous why if we did something like that wouldn't you be furious why sure would a multi-million dollar production like that should at least get a good cat trainer what do you think this is an online series with a one-week turnaround I'm still chaplain something else you'll notice is while the eccentric cast in the original contributed to the movement of the movie here it's just random people doing random [ __ ] impacting nothing free battery charge heaven stop it can't you to see you're in love dean jo reports the kidnapping constantly looking like there's no God while each and Zeke Kelso played by Kevin Hart prototype dougie Doug is searching for clues these people are liars she told me she was 39 I'm telling cover-up Sokka you did know man but my career is [Music] hey we're the kidnappers speaking of not trying christina ricci anything else you wanted to add no I think your performance says it all the candy cane we're young edge fielders go to get a sugar buzz well he's got fleas but I think he has those before you got here DC you've only known me 16 years I'm gonna strangle you DC girl who so clearly doesn't want to be there be so miss cast as a girl who clearly doesn't want to be there look it's General Omar Bradley did you do this yes Eric Idle saw it said it gave him a good idea for a musical we're in the original it was tough for the cops to keep up with DC at night because he's a darker cat here he sticks out like a sore thumb why have they changed him from being Sammy's anyway bad memories uncommon for young oh they better not want me to bark the title this time Christ cats rule and dogs die oh it's love at first can you at least look at each other please [Music] well now we know what happened to the ghost from three men and a baby this town could use some gremlins Daisy comes across the kidnapped maid tied up with ropes so comically large it could be the BFG shoelaces as she scratches help on her watch and puts it around the cat's neck 7:20 down at the bookstore oh that's not nearly as funny as Canoe noticing it I'm 15 man I gotta get some sleep well what more could you expect from the world's most romantic leading man next time I'll take it at one of those happily ever after clambake you sure you don't want me to stick around till your sister comes home you know the protecting bit I'm all churned up inside if you won't go to the beach with me then I'll make myself a sandwich smoking Bali you're running out of peanut butter I don't feel like a pizza well you don't have to go away mad I didn't ever occur to you there's more to life than just surfing I'm eating like what Oh canoe pretty erotic stuff huh I'll make him a sandwich any day hey what are you doing in this neck of the woods watching surf movie smoking my pipe looking through people's mail you are the hottest man alive oh why thank you uh yours just call me yours hmm sounds Swedish sailors what do you say I sit on the floor even though we have a couch and I sometimes act like I'm interested in you dreams really do come true he's a boat which he finds the watch on DC nothing your focus would go to that at all tell me if anything else would draw your attention in this shot how weird how am I supposed to focus on the watch on the top of the Technodrome is emerging from her thumb looks like the same time X I know who gained you see the watch whoo Hilary Clinton it's true Hillary's America confirmed it meanwhile team Jones's transformation into George Bailey and mr. Potter is almost complete we're broke jumped in bed with every leveraged buyout jump bond rumored corporate takeover there was I don't have the money here it's a Joe's house and Kennedy's house that's way up foreclosing on them Richie goes to the police to see if she can get anyone to help nobody reports crimes around here this definitely called for a double escort we know the local police are idiots here's a fun game tell me the point of this line that the sound editor should be fired seriously it cuts off mid grandma's line even the background ambience is abruptly decapitated Oh who was in charge of that canoe yep it was me I also edited this scene a little bit too Wow is there anything he can't do give birth to a baby [Laughter] okay that'll work out fine Ritchie trust by the ice-cream place just as Boyle got done putting out his strangling gloves tell me everything about this scene doesn't point to them being the kidnappers it can be a blessing not to be noticed honey you guys feel stuck too mm-hmm we'll be okay Buffalo Bill is less obvious than you which he goes to the FBI and they put their top pop on the case to see if there's any validity to the watch belonging to the kidnapped maid I understand that you witnessed EPA kidnapping DC's sort of where's DC well I wasn't sure if you allowed pets in the building also he constantly tries to get out of my arms our bond is a joke so every night at 8:00 the cat goes out yeah well then I'll be over at 7:00 not every day you see a car with shag carpeting and bobbing dog thanks I did it myself hey snob how do you pretend to actors have chemistry while also making up for scenes you ran out of money to shoot ADR them and a long shot of a car driving their ADR is preposterous you didn't even see their lips move yeah it's almost as bad as the ones for Garfield Garfield's lips aren't supposed to move you meathead oh that's why he confused me an amazing spider-man useless which she has to get her parents out of the house for the investigation so she tricks them by getting them show tickets cats the Community College Road company at the oaken bucket dinner theater oh thank God I thought it was to that CGI fetish porno food fight both work Kelso spots a cherry stem on DC oh wait the movie thinks we're dumbasses so we're not supposed to know what that is yet I'm dead serious it's red that's sticky maybe blood blood it's your brain use me DC hits the town as the FBI follow him without trying to be noticed I got it I got that woman is so dead pity they're using the absolute worst FBI in movie history [Music] we lost for good night not good man meanwhile the parents get done with their viewing of cats you don't smoke cigars well I don't buy cigars guy in a cat suit gives me a free when I'm gonna smoke it just this part of the show now he comes across DC in the parking lot and the world's greatest FBI used their subtle influence to make sure he doesn't interfere all right man so bad taking stars off of other movies huh there goes one from To Kill a Mockingbird thanks that darn kid oh there he is there he is go go go go to the trees I hate trees when I train for the FBI I was promised no trees child homicide I can deal with but no trees yeah no one expect the FBI to recognize their own starting point either you in serious trouble mr. Kelso tries interrogating Ricci's father which at this point there's no way he couldn't know this was Ricci's father is what you wanted with the cat I just wanna know your name how did his career never take off I hear that if he stayed at Disney long enough they would have cast him as Black Panther oh boy I need to solve this crime to keep my job oh boy we're reviewing a movie yep Heathcliff's balls they're not doing a thing they're just sitting around and talking every once in a while going on at poorly dubbed alright we're not getting any closer to finding toffee are we if by getting closer you mean he's gonna die then yes wait I think I know someone who can help hello detective Lloyd yet see wrong number he wouldn't be able to help that was confusing oh yeah what's up baby it stammers good eye oh he makes me feel things like we're trying to find the Tuffy flakes mascot by following some humans but they're not doing anything should we head down there no baby that goes against the cat 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husband didn't tell her that he was arrested I don't know what this has to do with anything either you have never kept anything from me you told me about that Aunt Jemima things it was Halloween I was 13 years old good to know that darn cat almost had blackface in it oh I do hope there's more awkward ADR Thanks hey this is not an investigation this is me and you walking around so you can show me your town thanks for the human sacrifices you brought for our satanic kitchen Wednesdays and in supply should we report this violence he could do a jumping jack without setting himself on fire once again we see goofy people doing goofy things for absolutely no reason you should see her at forties karaoke night edge had Cappy yeah she sets out meet for a watchdog security guy played by Tom Wilson whoever stalking us is probably watching us right now gee I wonder if it's the butcher from across the street puppets what name of all that is good still left in the world are you doing a great impression of the people who financed this movie Oh remember those mechanics from earlier they're trying to sabotage each other's business again completely clue as to what this has to do with anything but at least at least to some Oscar caliber backwards acting and here I thought this film was above a slip tank hi guys oh hey Malcolm whatcha doing oh this is just my new hobby collecting skeletons and dressing them up as videogame characters cool why are you sharing this with us well I haven't been in the review yet so I figured I'd share my strange quirk out of nowhere even though it has nothing to do with what we're talking about exactly pretty charming right I really feel we should report this that's don't talk Chaplin where'd you even get those things oh yeah that makes different sense hey thanks for letting me borrow these things so I could do my thing of course have you met my baby and the person who made my baby pad in this afternoon what is happening right now would be cool enough to be that cool yeah okay I'm starting to sober up and realizing that canoes a total jackass do you want to be his next victim would I ever oh well I might as well call home and tell them that I'm coming home earlier hey baby hey Ike I'm coming home early get your sweet ass over here what the hell were we thinking when we wrote this Kelso and Ricci are suspected of snooping and the cops are called on them I'm a federal agent you're an FBI agent I'm Oprah Winfrey I love your show that was not improvised but at least we get this incredible twist I know you've all been waiting for we found the source of the bloody twig the bloody twig is a stem from a maraschino cherry surely you have a lead on those donut seeds though he's taken off the case again and reach he is grounded so she runs away to New York wait you mean time is taken to show her building up to her running away to New York nope it's literally one line and a jump cut one tickets New York please inside out is Dodger compared to this complexity Hey what are you doing here waiting for a train guess that was a dumb question you mean this isn't the airport you're in love I've secretly been in love with him for years watching him patrol knowing he'd lay down his life for someone in need Richie wasn't me someone's giving a damn in this movie I was always told a way to a man's heart was through his stomach that a nice steak spells love this sounds like the origin of a Batman villain the butcher there's a right way and a wrong way to get to know people maybe if I were more like you my god is this scene still going see how it works is the Train moves not the station I'll just leave you my wallet it'll make it easier for you to rob me blind no problem quick cut away before somebody doesn't everybody loves Cheers crossover I would totally watch that so when I she stumbles across another clue from DC and it looks like she's about to find the kidnapped maid or maybe this is more important I said you'd best cuts how could I not it's like out of a romance novel bases and butt heads I smell a future Bordeaux review Richie stumble across the kidnapped maid and gets captured herself oh my god it's you not quite troll to worthy but a little worse than last airbender material I still think she's worth the Hayden Christensen award Ricci called Kelso before getting caught though so he shows up and tries to figure out where they could be she says can't even walk normal I don't think like I can't be I'm slinking like thinking like you know this character really was too dignified it's nice to see him go a little silly with this performance mm that's good in 3x the trail on the trail I don't think it's a coincidence he went through the garbage to reach the end of this movie don't worry she's just practicing for Black Snake Moan so saves the day and what a shock it was old and older Kelso sneezes dropping the gun is the old couple from evil up get the drop on them and kidnap the maid again why did you do this we partied away all our cash in Monte Carlo plus we were bored out of us hos Ted Bundy said the same thing we partake in I guess a zany car chase that's so poorly edited people randomly change positions in the car mid taut how the hell would that even happen it's okay Ritchie's incredible investment will keep you people know that she graduated from the Jennifer Lawrence Dark Phoenix school of not caring them Duke boys have seen a lot of darn shenanigans in their days but a darn cat there's some frisky business weirdly dark tell me this Chase has a fruit cart in it it refuses to take that low road a simple flower cart pumpkins fertilizer and house pets will do just fine oh that's why it's called that biggest mystery in the movie now look the producer had enough of this Tillman decided to blow it to hell even the felines decide to go kamikaze [Music] what do we even supposed to do with that they crash into the watchdog security place and somehow Arctic capitated by this move when the feds come in and take them away I hope you're not expecting to be paid for this week I just want to remind you there is a much better movie with this title and I think your father would be proud of you what's that on your shirt it's lettuce hmm that was written she meets up with Kelso DC got that cat who wouldn't look him in the eye pregnant and they end on this freeze-frame except they don't I don't think you know how a freeze-frame works your chronic aunt would have been this epic if it ended like this I don't know though how would they have gotten to that car and that was the remake of that darn cat or is the financers of the film like to put it even taking the original out of the equation this movie feels lazy unnecessary and lifeless even with a crazy-ass chase scene in it none of the jokes land no part of it is unique or interesting and everyone looks as uncomfortable as the cat does to be there it only figures the original be my favorite cat movie of all time because this is easily one of the worst remakes of all time the most tragic thing is Bob Spears one of the great comedy directors of all time has his name on this and that is mind-boggling what happened behind the scenes to Disney botch it up did he lose his touch or was it a bit of both I don't know but bottom line Disney keep your paws far far away from another remake of this damn [ __ ] well guess that's about it yep no loose ends or anything want to guess neck jerk all right tell me what makes toffee flakes so delicious Mario don't you think is that enough get your hands off me meatball get them off oh of course the Mario Brothers how is that in the course it's a living introduce you to some of my other favorite hobbies like Oh canoe now that's and of course holy smokes the clues match up the skeletons the body parts the Mario costume yes you know it kind of sort of makes sense I see you stumbled onto our satanic kitchen Wednesday's hey hey we were just saying that as a joke that's a thing please say Mario think it's unloading time oh we're gonna do things it'll make me hate myself in the morning yeah let's make them all churned up inside hope how come we're cool I can put up with Wednesday night satanic cannibalism yeah you shouldn't but kidnapping the toughy cereal mascot tall green me yeah Malcolm now that we had something together sandwiches smoking pipes give him second garage doors that was only three times Howie the day is saved thanks to the magnitude of help any cat would give thanks so much fellas your guru just untie me in a minute Tuffy first what are we gonna do with mr. canoe here oh I got some plans really yeah dark disturbing twisted plan and you can find out what they are in another cinema snob movie what want to see what creatively bizarre fate awaits canoe will go to cinema snob movie calm and purchase another cinema snob movie oh my god we've been suckered into a promo oh god I love being had there's cannibal clowns conspiracies goat balls everything you could ever want in a movie oh no no no hey cinema snug were those shots of us driving also from another cinema small movie why yes yes they were part of this get me out get me out huh what a horrible dream with bizarre cameos at least I know I'm not being used to promote an over bloated vanity project I hate mondays [Music] oh my god it's you hey everybody Doug Walker here since Brad Jones was on this episode we let him pick the charity this week and he decided on the Siamese cat rescue center their job is to help Siamese and Sammis makes cats find new homes these cats come to them from a wide variety of situations and they try to get to know them focus on their health and behavior and match them with the right families to give them a good home this organization has foster homes throughout the United States and has lots of post adoption mentoring and volunteers behind every adoption with over 25 thousand cats rescued and over 19 years experience you too can join the Siamese rescue family by opening your heart donations and even home to a needy Siamese click on the link and see how you can help one of these beautiful animals [Music] you you

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Length: 36min 56sec (2216 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 07 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/Shirley44445]

Chaplin and Lloyd are best friends! That is so funny and amazing!

[u/manazones]

Haha my wish came true! I've wanted Doug to review this film for a long ass time, I would strongly disagree with it being one of Disney's worst remakes though, I thought it improved on the original a lot and unlike Disney's tiresome remakes of it's animated films this one actually did try and do something different by going for a David Lynch kind of vibe with Edgefield feeling like Twin Peaks(minus the supernatural stuff) with it's bizarre eclectic case of characters, I watched this film quite a bit as a kid(I saw a trailer for it back when I went to see the 101 Dalmatians remake with my mom and sister as a kid and it immediately caught my eye and I saw it as soon as it hit home video).

[u/[deleted]]

I remember seeing plug for this movie in Aku Ankka comic when i was a kid.
I am so happy that i did not go see it after this review.

Also,
I cant decide if i hate loving Chaplin or love hating it.

[u/JD_Shadow]

1. Chaplin must become my spirit animal.
2. I had a bit of a crush of Christina Ricci when I was younger. She had that goth cute about her. In a way, she still does (though what's with going blonde?), though the only two things I know she did were Casper and Speed Racer. I guess she either couldn't act too well or just took shitty roles cause she needed the money.