The critic consesnsus is: Oliver & Company is a decidedly lesser effort in the Disney canon, with lackluster songs, stiff animation, and a thoroughly predictable plot.. What reviews supported this critic consensus?
1. Simply put, Oliver & Company didn't work for me not because I'm many years past my sixth birthday but because it never scared me into forgetting that fact.
2. ...the virtual nadir of the Disney oeuvre.
3. Surely one of Disney's weakest full-length animated features, Oliver and Company features terrible, badly dated songs and some shoddy, patchwork animation with precious few dazzling moments.
4. More notable for what it isn't than what it is, it's one of the gangly middle children of the Disney animation family, not quite sure how to fit in, or even if it's valued.
5. I guess I can cut the Mouse House a little slack when it comes to paint-by-numbers mediocrities like Oliver & Company.
6. The animation is clumsy, the songs are forgettable, the attempts at late-80s relevance now come across as dated and slightly embarrassing.
7. Pure '80s drivel.
8. Cute but forgettable cartoon musical; a solid voice cast does a decent job.
9. Animated Dickens makes for a surprisingly successful translation, and in my book Billy Joel can do very little wrong.
10. Much cornball adventure ensues, punctuated by healthy helpings of singing, dancing and general merriment.