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Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Good movie but grossly overrated

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Lost after playing too far away, a cat and dog depend upon each other as they attempt to make their way back to their farm in this live action adventure film from Japan. The animals are cute and incredibly well trained and there are some innovative touches, like a reaction shot of laughing geese. The voice-over narration -- in the English language version at least -- is, however, incredibly intrusive and unhelpful with lame gags ("make my doggy day") and too few quiet moments of the animals being themselves. There are a few genuinely spooky parts, such as when Milo is alone at night, but tension is not a particularly strong aspect here and the dual romantic subplots that crop up are too sentimental to click. It is entirely possible that the original Japanese version of the film (which runs 15 minutes longer) might deliver a stronger narrative. Then again, when one realises that international prints were edited down to omit footage of animals that were harmed and killed during production (!), it might take a strong stomach to view the original version. As it exists to the English speaking world, 'Milo and Otis' is arguably a perfectly adequate film for young kids with Dudley Moore's storybook style narration. What any such child viewers will think of the film when they grow up and realise how many animals were harmed during production though is far less certain.

Hi everyone. I use to watch Milo and Otis when I was 10 years old. I watched it again few years later. The movie is pretty boring. The speaker in this movie who tells the stories - sounds like a dying British Mickey Mouse! The animals don't have their own voices like in Homeward Bound (which is much better Disney film) - and this movie is more boring then I thought. There is no action, no humans, just an animal story. Mostly farm style animals throughout the movie. The movie can put someone to sleep! Again I never liked the voice overs in this movie. I didn't understand half of the words when the man was telling the story. This is in British English - which sounds so ugly in the movie. I would never watch this movie again, nor buy it! Not worth a penny! This is why I gave the movie 2-10!

Back in the early 90's a close friend of mine had the misfortune of seeing this movie while under the influence of psychedelics. He never recovered. I think it was the scene where the producers of the film threw a kitten off of a cliff that scarred him for life. How many takes did they do before they got it right? There were numerous allegations of animal cruelty made against the movie makers when the film was released. Including claims from crew members that 20 or so kittens were killed during the filming. Even if these aren't true, anyone watching the movie can see that these animals were mistreated. The scene where the kitten is being attacked by a swarm of seagulls, the kitten in the river, and of course the aforementioned cliff scene all show a heartless mistreatment of animals. I lost a lot of respect for Kon Ichikawa when i found out he was involved in the making of this piece of crap. I in no way endorse the use of illegal psychotropic drugs.

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.