The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

"I've Come a Long Way, Baby!"

Directed by Robert Taylor

Produced by Cine Camera, Steve Krantz Productions

197476 min5.1 / 10

A surreal, drug-fueled animated satire that uses Fritz's alternate lives to skewer 1970s politics, sexuality, and social hypocrisy with deliberately provocative, often crude humor.

Fritz, now married and a father, is desperate to escape the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream about his eight other lives, hoping to find one to provide a pleasant distraction. The drug-induced journeys he takes include spells as an astronaut, Hitler's psychiatrist, a courier travelling in hostile territory during a race war, and as a pupil of an Indian guru in the sewers of New York.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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