Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company (1988)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (34 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (76,861 ratings)

This animated musical retells Dickens's Oliver Twist amongst animals in New York City, with Oliver as an innocent kitten who joins a gang of law-breaking dogs. When Oliver is adopted by a wealthy young woman, the gang's evil human owner hatches a kidnapping scheme to tap into the girl's fortune. ~… More

G, 1 hr. 12 min.
Directed By
George Scribner
Written By
Jim Cox, Timothy J. Disney, James Mangold, Roger Allers
Genres
Animation, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Nov 18, 1988 Wide
On DVD
May 14, 2002

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    The animation is fairly unexciting though serviceable, and the overall mystification of class difference would probably have made Dickens shudder, but kids should find this tolerable enough.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    Even as a cartoon poodle, Bette Midler stops the show.

  • Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

    The film offers a fanciful, lush urban setting, unusual for Disney animated features, and a couple of good songs.

  • Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

    Despite three screenwriters and 13 names credited for the story, the script quickly sinks into a predictable 'girl-meets-pet, girl-loses-pet, girl-and -pet-reunite' sap-trap.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    Take the kids. Have fun.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Brad W


    Unoriginal and boring alot, but most of the times it can be charming and good for kids.

  • AJ V


    Most people think Disney didn't have any good movies in the 80s, but hey, this was a good movie! It's got a lot of good songs, good actors doing the voices, and a nice story. I highly recommend it.

  • MisterYoda ?


    not interested

  • Lafe F


    Garsh, what a forgettable Disney picture. Sure, it has a song by Billy Joel and a New York City traffic jumping scene, but it just wasn't very involving. Fagin looked sort of like Nasty Canasta, the gambler from the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Oliver Twist is a nasty story of child… More

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