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Yes, every frame of this is a work of art. I havent seen this level of natural detail since MOANA, and it is stunning from beginning to end.

The storyline? A little convoluted, but eventually it shakes down and you know what's going on. Some things seem to just get lost in the rush because they're trying to do way too much for a film of this length, but they do their best.

But what's truly sad here are the songs, all of which sound like rejects from the first film... including two variants on "Let It Go". Everything comes to a dead half too many times because, hey, here's yet another song on the way that really doesnt do much to advance anything. It killed what could have been a worthy successor to the first film.

Smoke a little weed, put the mind in neutral, and forget that the collars around the kitties' necks have a tendency to move just slightly slower than the necks themselves. Dont ask why one cat is stripping off her skin to show more fur underneath - and certainly dont ask what her outer garment would be made of. Really, just dont do it.

It never ceases to amaze me when a director takes essentially bulletproof material like this and says, "Hey, let's see what I can do to really screw it up." Still, it had some nice moments (that lasted maybe a few seconds apiece) and some intriguing ideas (that lasted even shorter time). The background were, in the main, charming, but clearly meant for another movie altogether. Maybe a French musical with Gene Kelly. But not this one.