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Cats

2019
Comedy
Drama
1h 50m
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. (imdb)
Directed by:
Tom Hooper Tom Hooper
Written by:
Tom Hooper Tom Hooper Andrew Lloyd Webber Lee Hall T.S. Eliot T.S. Eliot
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Starring:
James Corden James Corden Ian McKellen Ian McKellen Judi Dench Judi Dench Ray Winstone Ray Winstone Idris Elba Idris Elba Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson Rebel Wilson Rebel Wilson Taylor Swift Taylor Swift Laurie Davidson Jason Derulo Francesca Hayward Robbie Fairchild
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Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Family/Kids, Fantasy
Countries:
UK, USA
Language:
English
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Cats

2019
Comedy
Drama
1h 50m
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billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 24 Dec 2019
65
42nd
"I couldn't wait to see it. After the show I was asked if I wanted to go meet some of the performers backstage. Man, I was thrilled. But when I got back there, they were drunk and out of control. Rumpus Cat and Macavity kept feeling up my leg. I tried to leave, but, Rumpleteazer held me down, and... I was raped by Mr. Mistoffelees."
Rated 24 Dec 2019
jthuskyjthusky
Rated 24 Dec 2019
1
0th
I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF SORRY, I'M GOING TO JELLICLE KILL MYSELF
Rated 24 Dec 2019
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 24 Dec 2019
2
15th
One of the most bizarrely ill-conceived blockbusters I've ever seen: not enough of a disaster to tip over into camp delirium, but enough of one to make you question damn near every decision every person in this film made along the way. If I had to choose any single element which most disturbed me (and there are many candidates), it's anything and everything to do with the Judi Dench cat, who is, along with the rest of the cast, ENTIRELY TOO HORNY.
Rated 24 Dec 2019
recklessmessrecklessmess
Rated 19 Mar 2021
9
5th
Hollywood's answer to a question nobody asked.
Rated 19 Mar 2021
adragon91ADragon91
Rated 20 Dec 2019
20
7th
I honestly had no idea what the hell was going on for almost all of Cats. It just seemed like it was Musical Number, Introduce New Cat, Musical Number over and over again with unfunny jokes, weird dialogue and no plot so it got extremely tedious fast. The CGI Cats looked really awful and unsettling. It clearly had high production values behind it and the actors seemed to be trying, but my God this was easily one of the worst movies I've seen in 2019. I'm glad I witnessed this Catastrophe!
Rated 20 Dec 2019
gnalkhereGnalkhere
Rated 21 Dec 2019
35
5th
Garbage. I loved it. Take the whole family while you still can see the glitchy version in all of its monumentally disastrous glory before a serious attempt to improve it is made. While i'm still young i'm gonna tout this as the Rocky Horror of our time; a shit film that will gain momentum from midnight screenings and a cult following. I'm waiting for this movement to eagerly happen. Its de-glitching will be the Simon's Quest: Redaction of cinema; vfx tweaks can't fix an ultimately broken film
Rated 21 Dec 2019
gordonbombayGordonBombay
Rated 13 Feb 2020
10
2nd
How do you rate this? I want to give it 100 for the sheer craziness and ball to the wall "fuck-it-let's-just-do-it"-attitude. I'm pretty that Hooper got precisely the movie he wanted... Even if the studio didn't. Cats. Sexualized cats singing, stripping and Rebel Wilson. Dear Studio sometimes it's okay to say no in an improv session. However my biggest problem with Cats is that it's boring. It's either bat shit crazy or boring. And a movie this crazy should NEVER be boring.
Rated 13 Feb 2020
prophet92Prophet92
Rated 10 Apr 2020
5
2nd
Friendly reminder: Hooper beat out Fincher, the Coens and Aranofsky for best director and then went on to make this. A film whose every decision is just...baffling. Why do the cats look like this? Why is this film so ugly? why does its direction seem to be actively working against the knowingly manic energy of the original musical? And why oh why did anyone think that Cats, of all of the musicals out there, could translate to the screen? The most expensive genuine disaster since Last Airbender.
Rated 10 Apr 2020
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 28 Jan 2021
35
11th
The musical adaptation of the 1996 movie The Island of Dr. Moreau went about as well as could be expected
Rated 28 Jan 2021
lexieLexie
Rated 08 Jun 2020
100
98th
A brechtian masterpiece. A masterclass in the alienation effect and hubris.
Rated 08 Jun 2020
ytadelYtadel
Rated 09 Jul 2020
0
0th
So much has been made of the grotesque CGI monstrosity of the film that people forgot to mention how deathly BORING it is! The first five minutes or so have an impressive eye-popping “what am I seeing?!” quality to them but beyond that the film is an endless, endless sequence of new cats singing their intro songs then barely doing a thing in what we’ll generously call the “plot.” I checked the time, sure I was 70-75 minutes in, and despaired to see I was barely 45 minutes in.
Rated 09 Jul 2020
foxyrussianFoxyRussian
Rated 04 Jan 2020
6
3rd
The cats introduce themselves. That's the plot. There's nothing to the madness. No point. How did Tom Hooper win an Oscar 10 years ago? Is Ian Mckellen ok? He looked actually sick and dying. Why is everyone breathing so heavily? Was that always a part of musicals? It's 3 weeks after this movie got patched why can I still see Judi Dench's wedding ring. Why did this movie get a day 1 patch? Why is Idrs Elba Naked? What does a Cat look like? What is life? Memories was fantastic, Hudson nailed it.
Rated 04 Jan 2020
chadisdangerchadisdanger
Rated 21 Dec 2019
25
0th
Yep, every bit as bizarre and terrible as that trailer looked. Is there ANY possible way that this could have worked? Even if that fundamental design decision (which will go down in film history as an all-time terrible idea) was different, or if someone other than Hooper took this on, or if the cast was completely different (at least Corden and Wilson)? Maybe some things should just stay unadapted and remain in that small window of time in which they made any sense as popular entertainment.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
jerkyJerky
Rated 02 Aug 2020
15
2nd
Going into it, "This better not awaken anything inside me"......two hours later......"My boner is so confused" If any straight man says they wouldn't bang Taylor Swift as a cat.....they're just lying to themselves! Now everyone.......? Rum Tum Tugger is a helluva cat! ?
Rated 02 Aug 2020
sartschSartsch
Rated 31 Dec 2019
15
0th
This actually transcends the good/bad-scale and quite possibly also the space-time continuum.
Rated 31 Dec 2019
brellbrell
Rated 09 May 2021
5
3rd
you can't make me
Rated 09 May 2021
sheepslashersheepslasher
Rated 23 Dec 2019
2
30th
More or less a hollow, ugly bore. Shucked of its source material's whimsy and sexuality, the emotional beats fall flat following bizarrely bad editing choices, radical casting mistakes, and blood-curdling poorly timed comedy. Justice for a horny Cats! You're better off watching the 1998 direct-to-video adaptation of the musical. I'm SHOCKED to report that Tom Hooper put forth an unremarkable cinematic endeavor colored more by its own cynicism than by any CG malpractice.
Rated 23 Dec 2019
jacobclark12jacobclark12
Rated 23 Dec 2019
13
6th
Unfortunately, Cats isn't bad enough to be worth watching, instead just being a poorly-rendered and somewhat miscast bore.
Rated 23 Dec 2019
trixrabbiTrixRabbi
Rated 27 Dec 2019
33
4th
Here for the human cockroach chorus line.
Rated 27 Dec 2019
jasongirl67Jasongirl67
Rated 12 May 2020
25
13th
I mostly saw this for the cast and too see if it was as bad as people were saying turns out they were right
Rated 12 May 2020
corbadCorbad
Rated 12 May 2020
20
1st
Everything you've heard is true: it's an abomination from script to execution. Still more watchable than "Joker". (DNF)
Rated 12 May 2020
jlfmJLFM
Rated 29 Dec 2019
15
1st
A hyper-sexual post-apocalyptic furry-musical hellscape co-starring James Corden.
Rated 29 Dec 2019
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 27 Feb 2021
30
8th
For all the money the spent, they could of just made catgirls real instead of pasting slices of actor's faces onto CGI feline bodies. And once you're numb to the assault of the uncanny, all that's left is the play's infamous lack of plot and dramatic tension, leaving you to hyperfocus on the failed whimsical details. Why does Wilson keep unzipping her fur? Are they naked or not? How does their society work? Where did the magic come from? And most of all, WHO LET THIS BE RELEASED!?
Rated 27 Feb 2021
cosmicmonkeyCosmicMonkey
Rated 29 Dec 2019
53
9th
Cats is the cringiest, most painful movie experience I've had all year, yet I can't recommend it enough. It's a nightmarish fever dream of a film, the likes of which will likely never been seen again.
Rated 29 Dec 2019
picklemanPickle_Man
Rated 31 Dec 2019
100
94th
The best musical since Sound of Music.
Rated 31 Dec 2019
kasperlKasperL
Rated 02 Oct 2020
5
0th
WOW!
Rated 02 Oct 2020
cagedwisdomcagedwisdom
Rated 30 Dec 2019
0
4th
Excuse me but what on jellicle earth even is this? Everything you think might be wrong with it definitely is, and even if you look past all those things everything else is still wrong. Nonsensical garbage all the way down. May have actually taken years off my life.
Rated 30 Dec 2019
luordluord
Rated 08 Jan 2020
10
1st
Its brand of awfulness is impressive in how committed it is. Everyone was clearly trying (and mostly succeeding) at doing the wrong thing at every turn.
Rated 08 Jan 2020
difontaineDifontaine
Rated 02 Jan 2020
9
0th
It's called suspension of disbelief, not suspension of narrative, or common sense. It's probably fine as a collection of songs, it really doesn't work as a story. The questions that kept ringing in my head were "What is this, why should I care and generally just why?" Francesca Hayward sings and dances prettily enough and Jennifer Hudson belts out Memories well, so points for that. Everything else, to the pit with ye!
Rated 02 Jan 2020
lordbeefjerkLordBeefJerk
Rated 03 Nov 2020
20
5th
Feels weird to recommend a film, that I gave a 20/100 score, but everyone should watch this. Seriously! There's no other movie like it out there.
Rated 03 Nov 2020
adesanayAdesanay
Rated 28 Dec 2019
40
0th
what
Rated 28 Dec 2019
twincinematwincinema
Rated 02 Jan 2020
70
52nd
This film contains the most sensual licking of fluids.
Rated 02 Jan 2020
vaudevillianVaudevillian
Rated 13 May 2020
100
93rd
This deserves a perfect score for being perfect!
Rated 13 May 2020
angrypierreangrypierre
Rated 28 Dec 2019
5
1st
Not the fun kind of awful. I have so many questions, and have no doubt that the answers would not do anything to lift my enjoyment of this astonishing assault on the senses which makes no sense, internally or externally, and has convinced me that people who like Lloyd Webber musicals are indeed the worst of all people. The idea that anyone saw any part of the making of this and thought it was in any way acceptable actually baffles me.
Rated 28 Dec 2019
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 29 Mar 2020
41
1st
"We can make more money with a flop than with a hit." Cats (the live show) is (apparently) loved for its music, dancing and show tunes; Hooper seems to have imported these elements from the stage but forgot to adapt them for cinema. The result is an embarrassing dump of camp nonsense that is just bad, with no redeeming entertainment value. Hudson's Memory is well-performed, but the music so loud that it loses any emotional resonance. A Jellicle cat wants to kill itself to escape this musical.
Rated 29 Mar 2020
redbootsredboots
Rated 17 Apr 2020
80
79th
I will watch this over and over. All description or criticism of this movie fails in the face of it. It simply must be watched, paid witness to.
Rated 17 Apr 2020
natebarriosnatebarrios
Rated 22 Dec 2019
25
4th
ew, the fuckin' cats
Rated 22 Dec 2019
moonsmilkmoonsmilk
Rated 02 Jan 2020
0
0th
beyond the conventions of ranking
Rated 02 Jan 2020
cairosmithcairosmith
Rated 05 Jan 2021
3
0th
One of the worst experiences a film can provide. The fact that it's bad is almost a given, but it utterly fails to provide any human quality or bold expression which would give the viewer at least perverse interest. There is truly nothing here.
Rated 05 Jan 2021
dyannethorneDyanneThorne
Rated 19 Oct 2020
5
1st
This was atrocious and I say that as a fan of the musical. McKellen and Dench are old so they were not sexied up and therefore mostly work. The rest of the movie is purely exhibit A of everything that's wrong with furries. It's like one of those pictures where someone faceswapped with their cat, slammed with Rule 34. Add unnecessary plot elaboration and the world's most boring song and you have something that can't even managed to cross the line into "so bad it's good". Avoid.
Rated 19 Oct 2020
nrooNroo
Rated 23 Dec 2019
20
5th
Rename it the Dunning-Hooper Effect
Rated 23 Dec 2019
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 25 Dec 2019
37
16th
When all the cutting remarks are no longer news, there is an actual movie that is neither successful nor catastrophic. People that love the music (and musical) will probably like the movie, despite the dubious CGI and overall weirdness.
Rated 25 Dec 2019
judsonladyjudsonlady
Rated 16 Aug 2020
50
14th
Compared to the taped production of the musical I've seen, this was easier to follow. That being said, the musical is pretty much endless introductions to the various characters. The only great song is Memory.
Rated 16 Aug 2020
sopachuco13sopachuco13
Rated 30 May 2021
30
1st
I've never watched the musical done on stage or even seen the first movie but I do know that this did not make a good film. There is some great music from some really wonderful performers but this movie is really only for people who know the musical inside and out. I thought James Corden brought a lot of humor to his role and the performance by Ian McKellen were the bright points in the movie but there just wasn't enough to keep me interested. In many scenes there was nothing in the background.
Rated 30 May 2021
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 13 Jul 2020
67
30th
About as good a movie that could have been made from the fairly mundane source material ("Jellicle" is a fierce earworm and "Memory" is a genuine show-stopper, but the remaining score is turgid nonsense). Props to Hooper for going full-bore camp, with garish, blatantly theatrical set design and performances (too many get lost in the muddle, but Wilson at least brings some levity to her number), but this show is ill-suited for the big screen and this effort does nothing to disprove that.
Rated 13 Jul 2020
overratedoverrated
Rated 30 Mar 2021
4
1st
It's actually impressive given the negative build up to this that within thirty seconds of the film starting I thought "ohhhh, this is going to be painful". A couple of points for furry Ray Winstone making me laugh.
Rated 30 Mar 2021
sweekodenSweekoden
Rated 05 Jan 2022
2
0th
One of the worst films, musicals, stories, experiences, hour-and-a-halfs out there. Watching it with someone who inexplicably found something to enjoy in every scene somehow made it even harder to sit through.
Rated 05 Jan 2022
stewballStewball
Rated 29 Dec 2019
70
54th
The biggest positive is Francesca Hayward, her ballet skills and superb grace served her well--though you wouldn't know it from the way she's been completely ignored in the central role of the film. The worst was Jennifer Hudson, who appeared to be trying too hard, and for God's sake needed some Kleenex. Overall, it doesn't deserve the feeding frenzy it's getting.
Rated 29 Dec 2019
kavuKavu
Rated 27 Sep 2021
0
0th
Not just awful looking, but also awful in every other way. And never in a funny way.
Rated 27 Sep 2021
ununniliumUnunnilium
Rated 08 Aug 2022
12
4th
The first time I watched Cats, I said that its reputation was overblown and that I liked some of the aesthetic choices. But watching it again, somehow, I'm much more aware of the problems; the unmusicality of the numbers; the terrible misuse of great actors; the ugliness of the humor; and the way they twist and deform an unconventional narrative to make it fit the mold of Epic Hollywood Movie. There are some choices that'd be good in a vacuum, but together, they clash and make it all worse.
Rated 08 Aug 2022
addsAdds
Rated 20 Nov 2021
0
0th
Completely uncanny valley. Turned it off after 10 minutes when it went into the second musical number. An affront to my eyes and ears.
Rated 20 Nov 2021
yiannosYiannos
Rated 19 May 2020
30
2nd
Almost gave up halfway through, and this viewer prides himself on his ability to endure all sorts of crap. The critics were exactly right: it's a colossal misfire on multiple levels, and the fact that it even exists and was released in its current form is baffling in itself, calling into question the judgement of all involved. It's a gaudy shitshow with maybe 1 or 2 half decent set pieces that aren't properly utilized; the humour is dire and so are the songs.
Rated 19 May 2020
biggerkevinbiggerkevin
Rated 06 Jan 2020
0
0th
I don't get motion sickness but the camera movements in most of the between song moments genuinely made me nauseous
Rated 06 Jan 2020
msworddocmsworddoc
Rated 30 Jun 2020
5
0th
good for furries maybe
Rated 30 Jun 2020
war_machineWar Machine
Rated 02 Jan 2021
50
9th
Theegyptianlol+like1stsong+3names+hardtounderstandstory/payattentionlol
Rated 02 Jan 2021
philamentalphilamental
Rated 29 Mar 2020
36
7th
Not a fan of musicals but I sat through this to see just how bad it was ... and it's not *that* bad. A bunch of crap songs with humans poorly dressed up to try look and act like cats was exactly what the musical was, so there's nothing we shouldn't have been expecting here. Some of the casting could have been better but I'm surprised at the universal ridicule this got and feel bad for the scores of artists in front of and behind the camera who did their best but don't even get a saucer of milk.
Rated 29 Mar 2020
babamotsbabamots
Rated 28 Jan 2020
32
11th
Why is anyone surprised that this is unsettling and nonsensical? Did you know nothing about the musical?
Rated 28 Jan 2020
spunkieSpunkie
Rated 06 Feb 2020
25
11th
It's awfulness is way too exaggerated and hypocritical considering many as bland and boring movies each single one of us watches every year. The lack of narrative structure is unforgivable though.
Rated 06 Feb 2020
mismatched02mismatched02
Rated 09 Jan 2021
0
0th
As someone who is not a fan of the original musical but didn't outright hate it, this movie is even worse than everyone says. The protagonist insert completely upheaves the narrative intention of the musical and I really cannot understand how something so terrible can be made for such a generous budget. I also want to note that it is NOT bad in a way that is entertaining or worth your time.
Rated 09 Jan 2021
ametrineAmetrine
Rated 20 Jun 2020
9
78th
This movie left me saying "What the hell?", but not in the way I expected. I found myself finally understanding why this was the longest-running Broadway show in history. It's an ambitious, elegant study of life and society that uses music to explore themes of worth, desire and character. It's not for everyone, but I fully understand now why it was so appealing in the early 80's. Mark my words: Theater kids 15-20 years from now are going to discover this movie and make it a cult classic.
Rated 20 Jun 2020
carlosproCarlospro
Rated 27 Oct 2020
60
16th
boas risadas
Rated 27 Oct 2020
supersuiSuperSui
Rated 12 Jan 2020
8
2nd
What where they thinking?
Rated 12 Jan 2020
vaingloriousvainglorious
Rated 25 Jan 2020
0
0th
Oh! Well I never was there ever a cat so clever as magical mister Mistoffeleeeeees
Rated 25 Jan 2020
kadikoykadikoy
Rated 21 Nov 2020
55
34th
80 li yıllarda gösterimde olsa en iyi film olarak yarışırdı. 2020 yılında pasaklı bir film yapmak. Dışarı atılan kedi kızımız, sokak kedileriyle kalır. Cennete gidecek olan kedi, aralarından biri seçilecektir. Kötü kedi Macavity'de engelleyecektir. Filmin şarkıları ve dansları başarılı. Oyunculuklarda iyi. Fakat tarz çuvallanmış. Görsel efekt ve sinematografi facia. Filmin sonunda, öksüz kedi özgürlüğe kavuşuyor. Anneni seviyorsan miyav de.
Rated 21 Nov 2020
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 19 Apr 2020
74
52nd
Em primeiro lugar eu não gosto do Tom Hooper, sem segundo esse é menos irritante dos seus filmes. Vi a versão em Blu-ray, não sei se deram uma lapidada nos efeitos, mas não vi nada de absurdo como estavam comentando. Também me diverti demais buscando as referência dos poemas do T.S Eliot nele, é um dos meus livros favoritos de poesia de sempre, plus sou uma incurável cat people e se você ama gatos não tem como não gostar disso aqui. BlurayRip RARBG.
Rated 19 Apr 2020
frinkFrink
Rated 18 Mar 2020
30
2nd
WHY?! A completely harrowing experience releived only by a couple of decent scenes from actors who never would want to admit they were a part of this CGI trainwreck... +10 just for sir Ian McKellen's performance, god bless him!
Rated 18 Mar 2020
dst7175dst7175
Rated 14 Nov 2020
5
3rd
I just had to see how bad it was
Rated 14 Nov 2020
janusjanus
Rated 08 Nov 2021
20
1st
The Skimbleshanks number stands out as well staged and performed but others are mediocre to cringe-inducing. They really whiffed "Memory"; Hudson's performance is blunt and careless, and her effects are by far the sloppiest. Wasn't familiar with the musical apart from the songs but a Youtube video by "Sideways" is convincing about how much is wrong with this version and why. The most extreme exercise in "fake it till you make it and we'll fix it in post" yet conducted (they didn't).
Rated 08 Nov 2021
thyronthyron
Rated 14 Mar 2020
85
84th
Beautiful rendition of the musical.
Rated 14 Mar 2020
psimpsim
Rated 06 Jan 2020
9
0th
Drats.
Rated 06 Jan 2020
mandymandy
Rated 10 Jan 2020
2
0th
Completely nonsensical, and I just didn't buy into any of it or care about the characters, Some of the body movement from the younger cast was entrancing but the older actors should have known better.
Rated 10 Jan 2020
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 21 Mar 2020
40
36th
watchable
Rated 21 Mar 2020
exirelExirel
Rated 05 Jan 2020
4
23rd
Not for me.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
mindvrmindvr
Rated 21 Feb 2020
20
2nd
pros: probably reduced global furry population cons: everything
Rated 21 Feb 2020
mpythonMpython
Rated 08 Jan 2020
1
2nd
Perdede, Kanyon
Rated 08 Jan 2020
schnofelschnofel
Rated 25 Jan 2020
1
0th
wow. I mean, wow.
Rated 25 Jan 2020
punqPUNQ
Rated 11 Apr 2020
30
33rd
Not sure what to say. I wasn't as repulsed as many others have been. At the same time I'm very happy I haven't seen the actual Cats stage musical, which I will continue to avoid after seeing this screen musical. Release the asshole version, I guess. Or not? Not even sure about that.
Rated 11 Apr 2020
iamdwgIamdwg
Rated 28 Mar 2020
39
3rd
Omg, make it stop. Make it stop. MAKE IT STOP.
Rated 28 Mar 2020
scholar69420Scholar69420
Rated 21 Feb 2021
7
0th
Cannot believe I missed the chance to watch Parasite in cinemas by wasting my time with this delirious fever dream of a film musical
Rated 21 Feb 2021

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