The Worst Film Ever

Admirable film.

Absolutely the worst movie.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Admittedly I am a bit biased since pugs are my favorite dogs in the world. This movie will make you lose count of how many times you go Awwww! Besides the puppy and the kitten as the stars you have a whole Menagerie of other animals from Bears to Hedgehogs and a lot of other baby animals as well. This is a movie you can enjoy at any age which makes it a perfect family film. As the title of this review says, it is a precious overload. It made me take my own pug and huger her extra tight. I highly recommend this to ages 3 to 100. You won't be disappointed with this story of two separated friend trying to find each other in the big world outside of the farm.

I hate when people review a film without making any researches about it. In the 80s, there was basically no laws to protect animals. A lot of newspapers at the time reported the atrocities that the animals had to endure during this shooting, well,the ones who could survive. About 30 kittens were killed during the shooting and the most terrible thing is that most of them were killed deliberately. The famous scene when Chartran (Milo or Otis, in french the kitten name is Chartran) falls from a high cliff needed many kittens, one for each take...there's also all those terrible stuff about the little bear and the dog. The Columbia refused at that time to put in the credits that no animals were harmed during the shooting. A lot of viewers were in shock after the screening cause obviously, a film like that without any FX could had not been shot without cruelty. Chartran was not a kitten but tens of them... Boycott that piece of s...! It's not a cute film for all ages, it's a snuff for kids, a HUGE mass grave that should be remembered only for all the atrocities it has done to those unwilling animals.

Milo is a kitten and Otis is a dog, a pug to be exact and they are born on a farm full of all kinds of other animals. As babies they become good friends and come in contact right off the bat with all the common animals as well as nursing an egg until it hatches and fending off a hedgehog. Evetually the kitten gets stuck in a box and swayed away in the river and his pug mate chases the river banks in hopes to rescue her. The dog travels far and wide and the both of them have many exciting encounters. From Bears to crabs, to turtles to foxes they have a wild time. Soon after they reunite Milo meets a girl cat and falls in love and the pug feels betrayed and heads home alone. Soon he strangely meets a stray pug in the woods and he now knows why Milo was taken in with his new love. They tough the cold winter out in separate places and soon have kittens and pups of their own and eventually hook up and head back to their farm as one big happy family.I have always liked this film. It had Dudley Moore narrate it and he did a great job. Kids will love this and its fun for adults. Its rather cute at times especially the way these animals love each other. The direction wasn't bad and the little journey is nice to watch.Of course the film is rather flawed and very hard to buy, but its cute none the less. I hated knowing the animal trainers probably abused these animals often to get them to do as they wanted. Throwing them in water and off of cliffs is pretty bad.I liked the film, its nice to watch every few years 4/10 stars.

Apparently IMDb accidentally deleted my first review of this movie. Maybe the staff was too busy putting up more eye-damaging moving advertisements?! *sniffle* The movie is amazingly charming, has a good voice-over by Dudley Moore, and features a bunch of insanely cute animals. You'll come away feeling like you were petting a kitty for 2 hours... or 75 minutes....Also: the music is great! "Gonna Take a Walk Outside Today" is one of the best feel-good folk songs ever, up there with Raffi's rendition of "An Octopus' Garden"! And watch for the voice samples of "woofs" and "meows" used in the music during the rescue scene where Otis uses a rope. Hahaha -- ridiculously endearing! The Adventures of Milo & Otis is truly spectacular. I do wonder about a couple of scenes in the movie, like where Milo leaps from a cliff into the ocean. That seemed as though it could've been... abuse? I really can't imagine the Japanese film-makers would kill a bunch of kitties for the sake of a kids' movie, though. That would just be sick...