This short hits you right in the feels! But it also has the most accurate depiction of cats and dogs I've ever seen in any movie!
(9/10)
(9/10)
39 Reviews
Super Emotional, and Astonishingly Accurate!
AhmedSpielberg9921 February 2019
I'm not crying, you're crying
fhenrike12 July 2019
Sweetly Presented
Hitchcoc26 February 2019
A tough little cat who is just trying to survive makes its way through a harsh part of the city. In the process she comes across a pit bull who is chained and abused by its owner. There are things that are natural roadblocks in their relationships, mostly from their nature. Finally, because of the very issue of survival, something happens. Nice work.
My Favorite Short Film Ever
irenelportillo12 January 2020
A heartfelt story
jeo_d14 November 2019
Heartwarming
jarrodwebb20 November 2019
I watched this movie twice today and cried both times. I choose to watch the sparksshort Pixer collection today and this one was by far my favourite. The animation was so nice, cute and unique I couldn't look away, the story was so heartwarming that when I thought about it while patting my dog I teared up. It sounds all cliche but honest to god this is my favourite short Pixar has ever released. If anyone has a chance to watch it I can not recommend it enough.
So touching
Gordon-116 March 2021
Okay little story about friendship between two animals where you wouldn't really expect it
Horst_In_Translation21 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
That said, cats and dogs are not always enemies. They are friends very frequently. "Kitbull" is an American animated short film from 2019, very new release, and the first filmmaking effort by Rosanna Sullivan as the woman in charge, even if she has worked in smaller positions on some animated blockbusters already. This is a Pixar short film we have here. They released several short films recently and having seen 2 of them before this one I must say they were not particularly good, but quantity over quality. This one here improves the record a bit. It manages to deliver in terms of emotion, something Pixar did gloriously in their finest days, but recently not so much. So this is the heart and soul of the film, a story about a friendship between a cat and a dog with the cat being very sacred early on, but no surprise how tiny it is. Yes it may be a bit too much heart throb eventually with the wounded dog, the escape that almost goes wrong, the two lying next to each other, the new family that loves them both, but I'll still take it I guess. By the way this one runs for 8 minutes and add another minute of closing credits. Visually, I would still say it is not as good as it could have been, especially if we move away from the character animation. The landscapes do not look pretty and that they actually aren't (scrapyard) is not really an excuse in my opinion. But overall, the good outweighs the bad and the character animation for the lead duo also makes up for it. I especially liked the dog's looks. By the way nice to see these dogs getting some love because he is one of a kind that is considered dangerous and prone to biting people. So they can really use being depicted as kind, harmless and caring and for that I would like to give another thumbs-up because taking this special kind was probably not the easiest decision in making this film appealing to younger audiences too. I wonder if they made this choice to use this actually pretty fun play on words in the title. I think you should watch this one. My favorte animated short film from 2019 right now, but the year has only just started. Better than Bao for sure though.
A random lucky choice, and I am now a fan.
Effin_Cymbalist_Sr12 November 2021
Some months ago we moved and then bought a TV system for the living room and bedroom. I was promptly overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of available programs to watch. After browsing around for several hours, I started to make a list of my "favorites" for later viewing. I don't remember who chose Disney+ as one of the add-on applications, probably me. Browsing around on that, I was somewhat intrigued by the category of short films. So many shows looked potentially interesting, and I am not an educated TV viewer, just a random dude.
Finally I chose this film. It was one of the first and after watching all nine minutes of it, I felt that I had lucked into something good. It was so good that I watched it a few more times and then raved to whomever would listen. I love this cartoon. It stands out as one of the best pieces of film I've ever watched.
The animation isn't fancy. More like Angry Beavers humorously minimal style. This sets the tone at Light Comedy, perhaps satire. This one is not at all a satire, but drawing-producing it in that vein allows the feeling to stay hip and not melodramatic. The story itself is plenty melodramatic, two disparate urban runaway animals who find companionship. It sometimes makes me cry.
Everything stays realistic from beginning to end. This is one of the landing points giving it a serious quality. A tiny stray cat, small enough to be a kitten like some adolescent and adult cats are, lives in an urban junkyard and is thus hugely threatened without shelter. Rough urban people come and go, and now a new tenant appears to be perhaps illegally dog fighting on the premises, or at least mistreating their dog, We only see things from the protagonist cat's perspective. Peering from under a box out in the junkyard, kitty can see the dog, a pit bull is thrown outside and miserably chained.
The dog is supposed to be rough and mean, but he's really just a sweet pushover. This is good. The tiny feline is hesitant but eventually attempts to make contact. Things don't go so well at first, as to be expected from a cat and a pit bull dog. But eventually kitty manages to soften what is actually a sweet pit bull, and then helps the larger mammal to escape his enslaved predicament. This is well filmed for suspenseful effect and the result is a romp giving us plenty of reason to root for these two barely drawn characters in a minimally drawn setting.
The quality of the film lies in using the bare minimum of animation drawing, to tell a classic tale of freedom from oppression, and how a little luck goes a long way. Highly recommended and only takes ten minutes of your time. I was, for example, able to draw an artist friend, who dislikes animation, into watching this cartoon. She cooed at the happy ending and now likes it as much as I do.
Finally I chose this film. It was one of the first and after watching all nine minutes of it, I felt that I had lucked into something good. It was so good that I watched it a few more times and then raved to whomever would listen. I love this cartoon. It stands out as one of the best pieces of film I've ever watched.
The animation isn't fancy. More like Angry Beavers humorously minimal style. This sets the tone at Light Comedy, perhaps satire. This one is not at all a satire, but drawing-producing it in that vein allows the feeling to stay hip and not melodramatic. The story itself is plenty melodramatic, two disparate urban runaway animals who find companionship. It sometimes makes me cry.
Everything stays realistic from beginning to end. This is one of the landing points giving it a serious quality. A tiny stray cat, small enough to be a kitten like some adolescent and adult cats are, lives in an urban junkyard and is thus hugely threatened without shelter. Rough urban people come and go, and now a new tenant appears to be perhaps illegally dog fighting on the premises, or at least mistreating their dog, We only see things from the protagonist cat's perspective. Peering from under a box out in the junkyard, kitty can see the dog, a pit bull is thrown outside and miserably chained.
The dog is supposed to be rough and mean, but he's really just a sweet pushover. This is good. The tiny feline is hesitant but eventually attempts to make contact. Things don't go so well at first, as to be expected from a cat and a pit bull dog. But eventually kitty manages to soften what is actually a sweet pit bull, and then helps the larger mammal to escape his enslaved predicament. This is well filmed for suspenseful effect and the result is a romp giving us plenty of reason to root for these two barely drawn characters in a minimally drawn setting.
The quality of the film lies in using the bare minimum of animation drawing, to tell a classic tale of freedom from oppression, and how a little luck goes a long way. Highly recommended and only takes ten minutes of your time. I was, for example, able to draw an artist friend, who dislikes animation, into watching this cartoon. She cooed at the happy ending and now likes it as much as I do.
Good animation, slight story
chong_an9 February 2020
I saw this as part of an Oscar shorts package. The animation, which avoided the creative styles of the other contenders, was good. The story, about the friendship between a kitten and a pit bull, was amusing but inconsequential. Since I have never lived with a pet, it just did not grab me. So I consider it another middle-of-the-pack entry.
Pitten
MovieJunkie531 January 2020
The animation is okey, nothing extraordinary but it doesn't really require nothing of the sorts. It's simple and the story quite touching and emotional. There's something about unlikely friendships we adore. The "characters" are some of the most hated within their species so I think they made a great pair and this lucky dog run away but so many others are used for animal fighting and other dangerous activities, we have to keep fighting for their freedom otherwise, who will? One of my favorite short animated features of 2019.
aggressive start but Happy Endings
MK_Movie_Reviews23 August 2021
Kitty is a very aggressive so he tried to fight with pitbull all the time. Once the man chases them, they became friends and tried to get out of the empty area.
Then one couple found them and start taking care of them. KItty and Pitbull, so they called Kitbull. What a nice naming!!
Then one couple found them and start taking care of them. KItty and Pitbull, so they called Kitbull. What a nice naming!!
Beautiful, Heartbreaking, Uplifting
tarnishedhalotx9 December 2019
This had me in tears.
A representation of a sad reality for too many animals, a heartwarming friendship, how hard it often is to trust another, and a reminder that there's no such thing as a bad dog.
There are no aggressive dog breeds, but plenty of bad, aggressive humans.
Cutest Short Since Piper
pa15556 February 2020
I loved the animation in this film, especially the kitten. The kitten's actions and reactions are so much like real kittens. It provoked a lot of laughter from the film's audience when I saw it. The story is heartwarming too. The audience where I saw it consisted only of adults however they verbally responded to many events in this short film. I noticed it was the only one of the movies that got applause at the end. Unlike other Disney movies that I can't watch because they make me want to cry through half the film, this one had just the right amount of rain mixed with sunshine. A brilliant story all around.
Confronting but beautiful.
emma-6072010 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Two lost souls save each other then are saved.
Bring the tissues and expect to leave with a renewed anger towards dog fighting.
A bait kitten and a fighting dog form a friendship that leads them to a happy ending, (I wish it was always that way)
Bring the tissues and expect to leave with a renewed anger towards dog fighting.
A bait kitten and a fighting dog form a friendship that leads them to a happy ending, (I wish it was always that way)
Outstanding
garethmiskelly7 June 2020
Just beautiful!
shargav10 September 2021
Cat and dog
TheLittleSongbird25 March 2022
Part of me knew from reading the premise and hearing of the theme that 'Kitbull' would be at least good. Am a great fan of animation and Pixar and have been very impressed to blown away by all the SparkShorts short films, finding even the weakest 'Smash and Grab' and the unfairly criticised 'Purl' very good still. 'Loop' and 'Float' were especially wonderful of the short films seen prior to watching 'Kitbull', as they had the deepest themes and connected with me the most emotionally.
'Kitbull' is another effort of Pixar's to absolutely blow me away. To me, it's the best of the SparkShorts short films (seen to date) and is as brilliant as Pixar at its best with its short films pre-2010. So a fond reminder of when Pixar was particularly at its peak and had established itself as perhaps the best animation company running at the time. If one has to ask what SparkShort short films are most recommended, my easy picks would be 'Loop', 'Float' and especially 'Kitbull'.
The animation (traditional animation this time, like 2020's 'Burrow', stand corrected also on that being the studio's first foray into traditional animation when it is 'Kitbull', rather than Pixar's usual computer visual style) is beautifully crafted, stunning even at its best. Especially the meticulously detailed and atmospheric backgrounds and have not seen character designs quite like these in a Pixar short film. The music fits very well without being over-scored or being too constant.
Many SparkShorts short films have been very effective in being written with a lot of love and sincerity. That is very obvious in 'Kitbull', every bit as much as in 'Loop' and 'Float'. The story is simple but also is incredibly cute, without being overly so, very heart-warming and also incredibly poignant. The climactic moments are tear-jerking. The messaging is sincere and never too heavy.
Furthermore, 'Kitbull' contains one of the warmest and most beautiful unlikely friendship parirings in animation in my view. One would think that a cat and dog would not gel, when they are depicted so many times in animation as being enemies (think the Tom and Jerry cartoons or whenever Sylvester from Looney Tunes has to encounter dogs), but their friendship has such a warm heart and relatability it is very difficult to not root for it. Loved the two characters too, again Pixar delivering on creating empathetic characters.
Overall, absolutely wonderful and a fine example of why Pixar deserves its acclaim. 10/10.
'Kitbull' is another effort of Pixar's to absolutely blow me away. To me, it's the best of the SparkShorts short films (seen to date) and is as brilliant as Pixar at its best with its short films pre-2010. So a fond reminder of when Pixar was particularly at its peak and had established itself as perhaps the best animation company running at the time. If one has to ask what SparkShort short films are most recommended, my easy picks would be 'Loop', 'Float' and especially 'Kitbull'.
The animation (traditional animation this time, like 2020's 'Burrow', stand corrected also on that being the studio's first foray into traditional animation when it is 'Kitbull', rather than Pixar's usual computer visual style) is beautifully crafted, stunning even at its best. Especially the meticulously detailed and atmospheric backgrounds and have not seen character designs quite like these in a Pixar short film. The music fits very well without being over-scored or being too constant.
Many SparkShorts short films have been very effective in being written with a lot of love and sincerity. That is very obvious in 'Kitbull', every bit as much as in 'Loop' and 'Float'. The story is simple but also is incredibly cute, without being overly so, very heart-warming and also incredibly poignant. The climactic moments are tear-jerking. The messaging is sincere and never too heavy.
Furthermore, 'Kitbull' contains one of the warmest and most beautiful unlikely friendship parirings in animation in my view. One would think that a cat and dog would not gel, when they are depicted so many times in animation as being enemies (think the Tom and Jerry cartoons or whenever Sylvester from Looney Tunes has to encounter dogs), but their friendship has such a warm heart and relatability it is very difficult to not root for it. Loved the two characters too, again Pixar delivering on creating empathetic characters.
Overall, absolutely wonderful and a fine example of why Pixar deserves its acclaim. 10/10.
Nice animation style, but a bit obvious in content and goal
bob the moo9 March 2019
Seems this film has had people in fits of tears, and suggesting not to watch it in public etc. The plot is a small cat that befriends a pitbull that is used for dogfights, and it is animated to allow them as much cute character to clash with this dark scenario. I didn't find it worked for me and I wonder if it was that it always felt it was trying too hard for what it was after.
This very obvious approach/goal put me off and did stop me buying into the two characters. This being associated with Pixar makes that a surprise since they have a long record of making me emotionally connect to all manner of objects and characters who are not real but yet give me the feels. Here though it was a bit much, even if I did like the animation style.
This very obvious approach/goal put me off and did stop me buying into the two characters. This being associated with Pixar makes that a surprise since they have a long record of making me emotionally connect to all manner of objects and characters who are not real but yet give me the feels. Here though it was a bit much, even if I did like the animation style.
Oh No
ThunderKing65 September 2023
When the Thunder King rolls into to make a review run for cover.
September 4th 2023rd
What is this short movie about?:
This short flick is about spreading pitbull awareness by manipulating and creating a fairy tale, so people can realize that pitbulls are misunderstood. (Although, they are not because they are vastly dangerous towards adults, children and even other dogs.)
The Story and the Production Overview:
For a Pixar production, the animation is hash. The only accurate animation is the design of the pitbull because it's ugly with a block head.
The message is misleading, manipulative and horrible.
It's misleading because they are telling children and dognutters that pitbulls are innocent non-dangerous creatures that only want to love, haha!!. When that is far from the case. Very Far. Like Heaven Far
It's manipulative because they use various scenes and music to present pitbulls as harmless, for people to sympathize and to tell people that you have been misunderstood when the facts, stats and stories say otherwise.
It's horrible because Disney is supposed to be a child-friendly company, but they are promoting pitbulls when pitbulls are known for mauling children.
Overall, even if I wasn't bias, this is still dog propaganda. And that's not good.
Villain:
Disney. Pitbulls, Pitbull advocates, pitbull owners
Highlight:
The pit with scars.
Genre:
Dog Propaganda
Soundtrack:
Brainwashing
Love it? Okay? Meh? Or Hash?:
Mos def this hash is hash. Dog culture is sick. This product proves it because they are promoting child maulers. And this is a Disney production... They watered down Daredevil and Kingpin but are okay with promoting killer dogs....
Last Words:
This production is hash. It's highly immoral.
September 4th 2023rd
What is this short movie about?:
This short flick is about spreading pitbull awareness by manipulating and creating a fairy tale, so people can realize that pitbulls are misunderstood. (Although, they are not because they are vastly dangerous towards adults, children and even other dogs.)
The Story and the Production Overview:
For a Pixar production, the animation is hash. The only accurate animation is the design of the pitbull because it's ugly with a block head.
The message is misleading, manipulative and horrible.
It's misleading because they are telling children and dognutters that pitbulls are innocent non-dangerous creatures that only want to love, haha!!. When that is far from the case. Very Far. Like Heaven Far
It's manipulative because they use various scenes and music to present pitbulls as harmless, for people to sympathize and to tell people that you have been misunderstood when the facts, stats and stories say otherwise.
It's horrible because Disney is supposed to be a child-friendly company, but they are promoting pitbulls when pitbulls are known for mauling children.
Overall, even if I wasn't bias, this is still dog propaganda. And that's not good.
Villain:
Disney. Pitbulls, Pitbull advocates, pitbull owners
Highlight:
The pit with scars.
Genre:
Dog Propaganda
Soundtrack:
Brainwashing
Love it? Okay? Meh? Or Hash?:
Mos def this hash is hash. Dog culture is sick. This product proves it because they are promoting child maulers. And this is a Disney production... They watered down Daredevil and Kingpin but are okay with promoting killer dogs....
Last Words:
This production is hash. It's highly immoral.
A lovely little film about love.
planktonrules26 February 2019
"Kitbull" is one of the new animated shorts that Pixar has released on the internet instead of in theaters along with one of their full-length films. And, like some of these new films, the CGI looks a bit minimalistic and cheaper than the usual fare from Pixar. Still, despite this, the story was quite touching.
The story is about a tiny kitten and a pitbull whose owners seem to want it to be scary. However, the dog is sweet and is taken with the scared kitten.
While I loved the film, there was some hilarious irony going on at the time here at my house. As I watched this lovely film about a dog and cat being buddies, my cat was in my lap and my dog next to me and I was petting them. Near the very end, my cat stood up, swatted my dog across the face and had to be tossed off my lap! So much for wondering if cats can learn anything from a cartoon!
The story is about a tiny kitten and a pitbull whose owners seem to want it to be scary. However, the dog is sweet and is taken with the scared kitten.
While I loved the film, there was some hilarious irony going on at the time here at my house. As I watched this lovely film about a dog and cat being buddies, my cat was in my lap and my dog next to me and I was petting them. Near the very end, my cat stood up, swatted my dog across the face and had to be tossed off my lap! So much for wondering if cats can learn anything from a cartoon!
I'm so glad they got their happy ending
excaliber9922 April 2020
Caturday
lee_eisenberg3 May 2020
Cute and emotional
ashfordofficial19 December 2021
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