The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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.

I'm surprised that this is a Japanese film. The reworked version in English language is apparently from 1989. "Milo and Otis" is a cute animal film. Another one of the great animal films.The story is about the friendship of a curious orange tabby kitten named Milo and a mature fawn Pug named Otis. Our small friends live separate adventures and confront separate dangers in a Homeward Bound-like story. During this journey, Otis's aim is to search for Milo, find him and rescue him from potential sticky situations.The film is narrated in a somewhat unusual way, but this narration proves to be effective and pleasant. The very same narration is made in a semi-comical way in many scenes. Dudley Moore does an interesting narration work.Following the tradition of the great animal films, this one also offers beautiful landscapes. It's all natural and pure: a farm, green places, mountains, sea, rivers, sand and others. If this really takes place in Japan, then I must say that Japan is a beautiful country, actually more than I ever imagined.I've already owned two orange tabby cats in the past. One of them was named Tiger because these cats look like tigers in miniature. Little Milo reminds me of these cats.Milo is cute. As for Otis, he is cute too. Pugs are not gorgeous dogs but they're cute. Plus, they are friendly, fond of people and even of other animals. Also, they've got that sad, worried and tender look on their face.This should definitely be on Top 250.

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...