Review of Oliver & Company (1988) by Dave L — 01 Aug 2011

Last of the "Do It like Walt" Era.

The animation here is for the most part okay, while it certainly has it's detail, it just never really does much to take advantage of it. Everything looks well enough but unlike some of the previous efforts nothing is worth noting or is it something worth a look.

The music is incredibly bland, it's boring and doesn't feel necessary at all. It's almost as if one of the people involved decided to put it in for the sake of just having songs, unlike most of the previous films where the songs were nothing special, this one just comes off as completely tacked on.

The characters are some of the weakest from the studio, they're all boring and never really shine in any way. It's all happy go lucky characters who have problems that are never presented in a way to make one care. The villain is for the most part lame, evil sure but he just comes off as a Saturday morning villain who was somehow allowed to do certain things that one wouldn't expect from those.

The story is predictable, which says a lot considering most Disney films are predictable, but where as the others find their way to be entertaining to see the characters get to the end this one just falls flat. It tries to be dark, but ends up feeling more like a happy go lucky kids flick.

"Oliver and Company" is a film that has very FEW things to like, mainly it's animation though unimpressive as it may be and it's brief running time. Aside from that the only other compliment is that most of the characters have a voice actor that matches them but again nothing is worth noting.

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