Cats

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2019-12-17

With its neon backdrops and constantly dancing and prancing cast, Cats often resembles a child-friendly companion to Gaspar Noe's Climax. Both movies are light on story and heavy on garish disco era inspired spectacle and funky footwork, and they're arguably the best screen musicals the modern era has produced. Read more

Ulkar Alakbarova of Movie Moves Me

2019-12-21

It’s a generous and carefully crafted musical that does not need to be a cliché to be accepted by the majority. It simply does not work that way and it would not. Read more

Sandy Schaefer of Screen Rant

2019-12-20

Cats brings Webber's Broadway sensation to life as an audaciously bizarre spectacle sure to delight and divide as much as the original musical does. Read more

Christie Robb of Maddwolf

2019-12-19

As in Les Mis, Hooper has his cast sing live, and it is Hudson’s performance of the signature song Memory that far outshines every other musical number here. It’s likely what you’ll be humming as you walk out of the theatre, and the one thing you’ll most remember about these Cats. Read more

Alex Brannan of CineFiles Movie Reviews

2019-12-21

Although, it is not merely the case that Hooper’s Cats is a visual effects experiment gone wrong in what would otherwise be an acceptable musical adaptation. It is not particularly pleasant to listen to, either. Read more

Jacob Richardson of Film Focus

2019-12-19

Existence is futile, and nothing makes sense, in a world where this movie exists. Book your therapist now; you’re going to need a LOT of emotional work to get rid of the trauma of watching Tom Hooper’s latest. Read more