The Amazing Maurice

The Amazing Maurice (2022)

6.7/10 167 votes 1h 33m HD

Overview

Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.

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Cast

Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie

Maurice (voice)

Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke

Malicia (voice)

David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

Himesh Patel

Himesh Patel

Keith (voice)

David Tennant

David Tennant

Dangerous Beans (voice)

Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

Peaches (voice)

Ariyon Bakare

Ariyon Bakare

Darktan (voice)

Joe Sugg

Joe Sugg

Sardines (voice)

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/10

I quite liked the premiss of this animated comedy. The eponymous orange cat travels from town to town promising to help the citizens eliminate their perennial rat problems. Raising all the cash they can, they pay him and out of the blue a young lad appears and Hamelin-style, pipes all the offending rodents out of the town. Shortly afterwards, though, we realise that this is all a scam. "Maurice" is in league with his team of rats, and with the piper, and the money is to be used to enable them all to travel to a magical land mentioned in their sacred text (a comic book!). It's when they arrive in a town where they face a much greater danger, that "Maurice" has to raise his game and find the real "Pied Piper" and his pipe, if he is to save all his brethren from doom! It's a simple story with some fun characterisations - I liked "Dangerous Beans" and "Sardines" and the action flows along pleasingly for just ninety minutes. Certainly, it's a derivative hybrid of stories, and I found the narration really quite annoying after a while, but as a charming family adventure film that illustrates the values of teamwork, loyalty whilst still being peppered with some fun dialogue and scenarios, I quite enjoyed it.

January 23, 2023

Official Making of (Behind the Scenes)

THE AMAZING MAURICE Clip and Trailer - "Cat Burglars" (2022) (Clip)

Clip (Clip)

Malicia Smells a Rat (In 8 Languages) (Featurette)

Emilia Clarke, Hugh Laurie and friends of Terry Pratchett discuss The Amazing Maurice (Behind the Scenes)

Official Trailer (Trailer)

Official Trailer (Trailer)