AnimationAdventureComedyFamilyFantasy

The Amazing Maurice

- A furry tale about me.

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.

Release Date : 2022-12-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ulysses FilmproduktionCantilever MediaNarrativiaStudio RaketeSqueezeRed Star 3DTelepoolGlobal ScreenCreative Europe Media

Production Country : BelgiumCanadaGermanyUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Cast

Character Name : Maurice (voice)

Original Name : Hugh Laurie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malicia (voice)

Original Name : Emilia Clarke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boss Man / Rat King (voice)

Original Name : David Thewlis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Keith (voice)

Original Name : Himesh Patel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dangerous Beans (voice)

Original Name : David Tennant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peaches (voice)

Original Name : Gemma Arterton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Darktan (voice)

Original Name : Ariyon Bakare

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sardines (voice)

Original Name : Joe Sugg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nourishing (voice)

Original Name : Julie Atherton

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Mayor (voice)

Original Name : Hugh Bonneville

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Pied Piper (voice)

Original Name : Rob Brydon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Death (voice)

Original Name : Peter Serafinowicz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ratcatcher Billy (voice)

Original Name : Florian Westermann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ratcatcher Ron (voice)

Original Name : Toby Genkel

Gender : Male

Character Name : In-Brine (voice)

Original Name : Megan Giglia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sell-By (voice)

Original Name : Leona Liberty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blintz Vendor / Rat Handler / Chicken (voice)

Original Name : Giles New

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Pit Announcer (voice)

Original Name : Keiron Self

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rustic Old Lady / Bone Rat (voice)

Original Name : Lynne Seymour

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bad Blintz Mother / Child / Baker (voice)

Original Name : Elizabeth Sankey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rustic Village Boy (voice)

Original Name : Kishan Barr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brute the Cute / Billy / Jacko (voice)

Original Name : Jim Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Pit Dog Handler (voice)

Original Name : Rob Wilkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bloodthirsty Rat Pit Spectator (voice)

Original Name : Suzy Smithson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Pit Spectator (voice)

Original Name : Alex Stott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Pit Spectator (voice)

Original Name : Yasamin Saadat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Pit Gambler (voice)

Original Name : Andrew Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rat Pit Spectator (voice)

Original Name : Lisa Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Encouraging Clan Rat (voice)

Original Name : Julia Stuart

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-23

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.