"variety" praised the film writing the film is "[h]elped immeasurably by the voices of phil harris, eva gabor, sterling holloway, scatman crothers and others, plus some outstanding animation, songs, sentiment, some excellent dialog and even a touch of psychedelia." stefan kanfer, reviewing for "time", noted that "the melodies in disney's earlier efforts have been richer. but for integration of music, comedy and plot, "the aristocats" has no rivals."