The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Top Cat Begins
Comedy · Animation · Family · 2015
Top Cat and his new feline friend hatch a scheme to steal from the fearful Mr. Big.
Movie details
Top Cat Begins
“The gang is born”
2015 Comedy · Animation · Family 1h 29m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
Top Cat and his new feline friend hatch a scheme to steal from the fearful Mr. Big.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Top Cat Begins?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Andrés Couturier
Written by
Jim Krieg · Jorge Ramírez Suárez · Doug Langdale
Jason Harris
Top Cat / Choo Choo / Brain (voice)
Chris Edgerly
Benny the Ball (voice)
M
Matthew Piazzi
Fancy-Fancy (voice)
Ben Diskin
Spook (voice)
David Hoffman
Granny Dibble / Counter Person / Statue (voice)
Bill Lobley
Officer Dibble (voice)
Darin De Paul
Mr. Big (voice)
Court is in session
Put Top Cat Begins on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.