as a young girl, i loved this movie, now my kids watch it. parts made me cry - i was a sensitive kid, and i loved animals, especially cats (still do.) when the dad wouldn't listen, and Thomasina was in trouble, ohhh man, sniff.. well, i won't give it away. but, as a kid - my bigest question was - why only 3 lives? don't cats have 9 lives? i asked my mom this, and she said, the movie would be too long if they did all 9 lives. humm, ok, well, i bought that for awhile. now i want the honest truth - hummm Disney? the kids in the movie are the "mary poppins kids" cute. great movie. get it.

I really can't say it better than the other reviewers regarding the story of Thomasina. The DVD is excellent quality and the picture and sound are clear and sharp and couldn't be better. It is letterbox format. The Scottish scenery and sets are beautiful. The DVD includes:

* "Disney's Beautiful Witch"
* "Disney's Purrfect Cat Stars"
* Trailer

"The Disney's Purrfect Cat Stars" featurette has Walt Disney talking about the story, movie, and includes a montage sequence with cats from the Disney movies. The "Disney's Beautiful Witch" feature is an interview with Susan Hampshire talking about her part in the movie. There is a trailer from when the movie was originally released. This is a great Disney classic and it is a movie the whole family can enjoy.

I think this is one of those movies that if you grow up watching it, you will probably really like it, but if you watch it for the first time as an adult, odds are that you will not. I found the main little girl's behavior toward her father irritating; indeed, even creepy at times (like when she says that she killed her father in her mind because she is mad at him). Besides that, the plot seemed very slow and anticlimactical, although since kids don't seem to mind that sort of thing, they will probably like it.

This classic Disney movie brought me to tears the first time I saw it on the Disney Channel, when I was 7 years old. I wanted a cat soo bad after this movie!!! So, a year laterI got one, (allwhite), I loved her soo much and I named her Thomasina!!! This movie is soo important to me now, because MY cat Thomasina died a couple of years ago at age 17. But she lived a happy and content life as my pride and joy of life. I'll never have a cat like her again, and I'll never love a movie as much as I loved this one!

Quality vintage Disney.
One of those films that permeate your being from first view.
Integral to any childhood lessons on morbidity.
Classic themes of faith,hope,charity and redemption along side modern ones of single parenthood,witchcraft and the afterlife.
Mind expanding fare for all ages.