NAPOLEON. Animated feature directed by Mario Andreacchio. Featuring the voices of James Croft, Philip Quast, Joan Rivers and Carole Skinner. At area theaters. Running time: 81 mins. Rated G. 3 Stars.

The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.

There will be those who argue that a talking animal movie like “Napoleon” — a 1994 Australian film just now reaching our shores — is too little too late in the rapidly growing genre of chatty creature ...