Wednesday, March 18, 2015

A Talking Cat!?! (2013)

How bad is it? It's lazy film-making at its laziest.
Should you see it? No. The photo below is all you need.

Another dud from David DeCoteau, this time with Johnny Whitaker (who it's nice to know still gets work) and the voice of Eric Roberts. A magic collar allows a cat to talk, but only to one human at a time - for no reason, other than the plot requires it. The animation of its talking is just drawn-on black, without even teeth being added. The cat doesn't even talk much, though he does narrate endlessly. He unites two families at odds, but there's no dynamic tension; meant as gentle kids' fare, it lacks energy and interest. The only moment of entertainment is when the cat gets hit by a car and dies (no, I'm not being mean); he comes back to life with a choir of angels and heavenly glowing light!

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