The Amazing Maurice

A furry tale about me.

2022 • 93 min • Animation · Adventure · Comedy · Family · Fantasy

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Synopsis

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.

Our family guide

Best from age 7

Movie Knight Score

196 reviews

100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
66 Audience · 195 · 49%

A streetwise cat, Maurice, teams up with a pack of intelligent rats and a human girl, Malicia, to uncover a mystery in a town plagued by a piper and his rat problem. Their scam to profit from fake rat infestations goes awry, leading them on a whimsical adventure.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 3/10

Heads up

Some peril involving a mysterious "rat king" figure.
Brief references to death and a
grim reaper
malicia

What it models well

Problem-solving and teamwork
Understanding different perspectives
Value of literacy and stories
Loyalty and friendship

Talk about it after

How working together helps solve big problems.
The importance of critical thinking and questioning what you hear.
How characters learn to trust each other despite differences.
What it means to be truly brave.

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Top billed cast

Director: Toby Genkel • Crew: Terry Rossio

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Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
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.…
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