The animation wasn't bad, although incredibly cheap as they used greenscreen shots of Fritz dancing as filler. However, the 1972 Fritz the Cat film was crude and racist because it was making a statement on society at the time, as well as the hippie lifestyle. This new sequel, made two years later, is crude and racist just for the hell of it. It certainly doesn't seem to be reflecting any time period of society, although, if Fritz' new obese wife had a cell phone and lived in a trailer, it could easily pass off as reflecting the jogging pants wearing, Wal-Mart, texting trailer trash people of today.There were some scenes that made absolutely no sense at all, and the only scene I thought was remotely funny was the one where Fritz and the businessman in the space helmet are in the truck. Even the soundtrack was better in the original. Duke doesn't even have the same sounding voice as he did in the first one.I wouldn't recommend this film, just stick with the first one, you're probably better off not seeing this.

It does have its problems, but I liked it, and I do think there are worse sequels out there. I enjoyed Fritz the Cat and was all for a sequel, and I got a pretty good film. The story structure is episodic and there are moments that I would deem strange, but along the way I noticed some improvements as well. While I loved the unique look of Fritz the Cat, the animation here is really good here as well, even more colourful and vibrant than before. Plus the pacing I felt was much more secure first time around. The script is witty and funny, the soundtrack is hip and cool, the voice acting is good and Fritz still has both his hypocrisy and likability. Some of the supporting characters aren't as likable, and don't get enough screen time to shine though. Still, it is a pretty good film. 7/10 Bethany Cox

***SPOILER WARNING****Kind of the flipside of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas', this movie is a laid-back, mellowed-out miasma of flashbacks and flashforwards.Some of the scenes have controversial elements in them, but anyone who's familiar with R. Crumb and his creation, Fritz, should be beyond getting offended by them. The film pulls no punches in showing the lives of an oversexed stoner whose only real ambition is to keep the welfare checks coming in and lay as much tail as possible.Layered with social commentary and satire, it still manages to avoid being preach or heavy-handed, since the film makes it clear that everybody's got their own hangups, and nobody's really the best or the worst.I think the best satire in the movie comes from Fritz's flashforward to his life as a messenger boy in a future America where New Jersey has been ceded to the 'crows'. I'm pretty sure the American president in that episode is supposed to be Kissinger; the accent and face fit, but I never knew him to be a golf fetishist.I loved the scene between Fritz and God (you know: the guy who lives in the trash can).Not a cartoon for the kiddies or the small minds, so you've been warned.

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat is a movie, or something like it, that I got to see on night late on a Showtime channel, and when I started watching, it had the material that made me want to change the channel, and maybe not. There are many weird and surreal scenes, most involving sex and marijuana, some with racism (Hitler cat), some with unique and bizarre characters, and it connected as that while Fritz the cat tries to cash a welfare check he goes over the different deaths in his life, getting blown up, getting blown up in space, getting shot in the batoot, etc. At times it's too patched together, and makes no sense in the scene where funky 70's music plays while images from the days of black and white flash by and then images pass by like an amateur Kubrick ala 2001, but it oddly works for a mature audience (kids will be freaked out if they should for some chance watch this) on the levels on comedy and of being a all out stoner/druggie flick (most of you out there who watch this will eithe rgo wow or uggh). Very satirical, very strange. B+