POSITIVES…
I'm sure fans of the Broadway musical will find things to like about this.
Got to acknowledge the very talented dancers and singers who are part of this production. I can’t say anything bad about them.
Have to also give kudos to Ian McKellen for going full blown cat acting as Gus The Theatre Cat. That’s immense dedication to the part people!
Sequence with Skimbleshanks the railway cat is pretty entertaining.
“Memories” is still a great song, and this movie does a good job presenting that.
NEGATIVES…
One can subjectively argue that Jennifer Hudson’s take on Memories isn’t that great.
There really isn’t much of a story. It’s just a series of songs giving exposition on who the cat characters are.
It’s one thing if it’s people dressed up like cats, but this digital fur technology that makes people look like cats just looks too weird and unsettling.
Speaking of unsettling. There’s a sequence with the cat Jennyanydots that was just downright nightmarish to watch.
The movie's internal logic is just wacky. Wacky in not necessarily a good way.
Doesn’t help that there are huge inconsistencies on how the cast pretends to act like cats.
The cat Victoria is suppose to be our protagonist, but she’s more a cipher and an underdeveloped character that is hard to connect with. Fans of Jemima are also going to be particularly annoyed with Victoria in this movie.
There's a 4th wall breaking moment in the movie that just kinda bothered me.
Just about all the cast are either poorly developed, you don’t care for, or you find much too annoying to put up with.
If it isn’t obvious by now, the premise is also pretty bonkers and almost ridiculous that this lasted in Broadway for decades.
The worst thing I can say about this musical is that I didn’t particularly like the majority of the songs. Sorry Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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