Fritz the Cat

Name: Fritz the Cat
Released: 1972-1-25
Cast: Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John Alexander

Fritz the Cat

NR
1h 18m
1972

62%

A hypocritical swinging college student cat raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements on the 1960's.

Director:

Ralph Bakshi

Producer:

Steve Krantz

Writer:

Ralph Bakshi, Robert Crumb

Cast:

Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John Alexander

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

62%

Critics Consensus: Fritz the Cat's gleeful embrace of bad taste can make for a queasy viewing experience, but Ralph Bakshi's idiosyncratic animation brings the satire and style of Robert Crumb's creation to vivid life.

Reviews

The Spool

B.L. Panther

Fritz the Cat looks back at the supposed "good times" of the 1960s with a biting sensibility that scratches out the eyes of nearly every sacred liberal institution.

There's something unusually primitive about the artwork and the character designs; it's obvious that the artists aren't trying to craft a visually stunning masterpiece.

For a movie that's largely remembered for being "the dirty animal cartoon," Fritz the Cat is also a surprisingly biting socioeconomic critique of 1960s counterculture.

A singular, cohesive, and powerful vision, but it's also an alarmingly toxic one.

X-rated museum piece