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The Adventures of Milo & Otis Actors: Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kyôko Koizumi, Dudley Moore Director: Masanori Hata Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Running Time: 76 minutes Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-02-03 Buy from Amazon |
 "Excellent Film, Amazing Animal Actors, Very Cute"The Adventures of Milo and Otis is my favorite movie. A tale of friendship and adventure that is great for all ages, this is a must- see film. The witty narration adds comedy and humor throughout the movie, but does not detract from the adventures of the animals at all. The plot is relaxed, and the movie begins with Milo the kitten and Otis the pug as best friends on an idyllic farm. One day, Milo sets into motion a series of year- long adventures when he steps into a wooden box in the river and is carried away downstream. Otis, in an attempt to rescue his friend, follows Milo, and embarks on an adventure of his own until the friends finally reunite. The setting is beautiful, and adds to the movie experience. Several reviewers contend that animals were hurt in the making of the film. THIS IS NOT TRUE. The director is an animal activist, and the animals involved were treated with the utmost care and concern. Also, the film followed the laws for animal treatment for the United States, and our laws are among the strictest in the world. Fears about one controversial scene involving Otis and a bear are easily proven false; Otis and the bear had been trained together since they were young, and were real- time best friends. Also, a delegation from a zoo and animal rights groups observed the making of the movie to make sure that all the animal were safe. Their verdict: the animals were not only being treated with great care, they also seemed to enjoy playing with one another, both on and off camera. Overall, Milo and Otis is an excellent film for anyone. The storyline is great, the characters are adorable, and the values of friendship and love are timeless. "Milo and Otis is a talented movie"well, I've learned these songs to milo and otis. 10 yrs old I used to sing it and grew up with the song. I been saying the movie was brillint.. "Hit's Home!"It's almost as if my Frankie (a pug) and my Raymond (a grey tabby) had a movie made about them! Frankie loves to swim and Raymond doesn't mind the pool so long as he's not getting wet. The two of them are inseperable and nothing but trouble. They also love TV and "Milo & Otis" is one of thier favorite movies. A great flick for any age or species!  "Horrific Animal Abuse In This Movie"When I began watching this movie, I was truly charmed by it and believed I was in for entertainment on the level of "The Bear." A few scenes into the movie I started to feel something was not quite right, though I thought surely experienced animal trainers were working behind the scenes. Surely these animals were not being hurt. Then the filmmakers sent a petrified kitten, obviously in great emotional distress and grave physical peril, down a river in a small wooden box. I wanted to jump through the screen and rescue this kitten, who was meowing for help as it rushed down river rapids. Every time I thought the torture was over, the filmmakers thought of even another imaginative mental or physical torture to subject this kitten or little pug dog to. A succession of abuses masqueraded as Milo and Otis's "adventures." There is no doubt in my mind that kittens and dogs were physically hurt or killed during filming (particularly when the kitten is thrown off a cliff into rough ocean surf). Right there on screne, we witness real physical battery and extreme mental torture. Think of what this movie teaches children. How many kids mimicked the film and put a kitten in a box and threw it in a river? How many tied something to a cat's tail only to watch it freak out while trying to get it off? How these filmmakers escaped legal prosecution or public outrage is beyond me. Instead the movie is highly praise by critics and audiences alike. Of course children likely cannot understand what's going on; and they likely love seeing all the little animals. It is up to parents, however, to teach them right from wrong and to protect them from things like this. It is up to all of us, Americans and Japanese (the ethnicity of the filmmakers), to protect animals, particularly the ones whom we have bred to trust us like cats and dogs, from abuse. "Animals Were Created For Our Enjoyment: Biblically Speaking"The Adventures of Milo and Otis is truly a gem of a film! I have an orange cat, Kevin and a pug, Minnie, and they love this movie! Of course, as you will read in other reviews, there is unbelievable cruelty to animals in this children's film. Or is there? I had to post a review after reading the insane remarks posted by other reviewers of Milo and Otis. For one thing, animals are much, much more akin to being in "adventurous" situations such as going down raging rapids and leaping off cliffs than we humans imagine. No, mental torture is not possible on the animals performing in this great kids film. My Kevin is a prominent tree climber and also proficient at falling out of them. Should I simply film one of his "adventures" for my entertainment later, that would make me guilty of animal cruelty? Don't forget, you animal rights activists, those animal actors enjoy a much higher salary than you'll ever make and a life of plush living like that on MTV's CRIBS. Stop thinking you can save the world with your "holier than thou" attitude as though no one has the compassion for animals that you do. And especially don't insist on thinking all children are as dumb as you are as an adult to think they will abuse a living animal because they watched the "Adventures of Milo and Otis." The late Dudley Moore would never have lent his narrative voice to a movie he didn't believe in and you should be ashamed of yourselves for thinking you're above this highly entertaining, and animal friendly, film. |