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Bottom line:Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore presents a James Bondesque story about covert ops groups of cats and dogs working together in order to stop the villainous Kitty Galore. The movie contains a few mildly crude jokes, action scenes involving animals, and a lot of back and forth threats and insults that spoof spy movies.
MPAA Rating: PG, for animal action and humor
Genre: Action/Comedy
Guide age recommendation: 5+
Runtime: Approx.

82 minutes
Release Date: July 30, 2010

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - Overview

When police dogg Diggs goes overboard in trying to save the day, he is sent to the kennel for the umpteenth, and probably last, time. As he wallows in misery, though, he is visited by a canine named Butch, who recruits Diggs to be part of an elite and covert organization intent on protecting humans from a stealthy and dangerous enemy -- cats.

In particular, the dogs need all the help they can get to track down and neutralize the infamous Kitty Galore. Kitty Galore, a bitter cat with a painful past, has it in for humans, and she has a plan to get the dogs out of the way. By broadcasting a piercing noise that only dogs can hear, she will drive all of the dogs insane, which will cause humans to get rid of them. Then, Kitty plans to take over the world.

Sound familiar? Well, the last cat who tried to take over the world (in the first Cats and Dogs movie) makes an appearance in this movie as well. The dog spies form a strained alliance with an undercover group of cats who are also in it to save the humans, and they go to Mr.

Tinkles, who is now locked up Hannibal Lector style, for some advice on finding Kitty's hideout. By working together and using their highly intelligent animal brains, Diggs, Butch and their cat cohort Catherine finally figure out where Kitty is hiding, but, will they be too late?

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - Guide Review for Parents

The Revenge of Kitty Galore finds itself in a category of movies often adored by kids and not so much by critics -- talking animal movies. So, where does this movie fall in the heap of anthropomorphized pet flicks? Not at the top, that's for sure. But, kids will likely enjoy the animal action, although some younger kids may get lost in all of the James Bond style conversation and spy references. Several spoofs on popular movies may get a few laughs from adults as well. As for the 3D, I usually am more honed in on the content of the movie and rarely notice that much unless the 3D effects are really great, or as in this case, really, really lousy.

Like the first Cats and Dogs movie, one of the favorite jokes in the Revenge of Kitty Galore is that of the dogs sniffing each others' behinds as a cover whenever unsuspecting humans interrupt their spy activities. The movie contains some other mildly crude humor as well as some threatening language and name-calling.

Animal action involves things like animals chasing each other, an animal being thrown into a container of hair removal cream, and a human being tied up. Most of the violence in the movie is slap-stick or spoofs on other movies. Young kids may find a few scenes suspenseful or slightly scary.

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - Content Overview

*May contain spoilers.

• Violence (Medium): Violence in Revenge of Kitty Galore is generally very fake and/or played for laughs. The movie takes the spoofing tone of a serious spy/James Bond-like film. Characters are tortured (by being sprayed with water bottles), caught in booby traps (a room is rigged to fill with kitty litter), and get into fights with evil villains (like two Scottish assassin-for-hire cats). Some weapons are shown, including knives (used by a magician in a trick gone awry that mangles a stuffed animal), small explosives, and lots of claws and teeth. No characters are seriously harmed.
• Scary Scenes (Medium): Some very young kids may be scared by the perilous scenes listed in the "violence" section. Also, characters like Mr. Tinkles in his Hannibal Lector getup, the hairless Kitty Galore, or a robot cat that comes after the heroes may be frightening to very young children.
• Sex/Nudity (Low): A few jokes containing mild innuendo are made.
• Drugs and Alcohol (Low) In one scene, a bunch of cats are lying around a living room acting totally stoned. Catherine comments that they are "hopped up on catnip."
• Language (Low): No profanity is used. Mild rude words like dumb and stupid are occasionally used.
• Disrespectful/Imitative Behavior (High): Dogs sniff each others' behinds on multiple occasions. Kitty Galore has a pet mouse that she toys with in a very creepy way. Animals issue mild threats and insults to each other throughout the movie.

• Sad/Unsettling Scenes (Medium): Shane, the officer who works with Diggs, is forced to put Diggs in the kennel, which is sad for both of them. We learn that Diggs has been in and out of kennels his whole life. Also, Kitty Galore has a sad past involving losing all her hair and being rejected by her human family.
• Movie Topics Kids Might Have Questions About: animal intelligence, treatment of animals, Mr. Tinkles face mask, being "hopped up" on catnip, magicians

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