Cats

“Cats” was hot garbage, never in my life have I ever gotten second hand embarrassment from watching a movie. It was released just in time to be considered one of the worst films of the decade, & is a perfect example of why every musical play shouldn’t be adapted into a film. It was just a bad idea.

There were a few moments where I was convinced that I was watching a horror film that consisted of mutated singing cats. The CGI was atrocious, the visual effects were nauseating, & the singing made me cringe. It is a very unsettling film adaption, & the casting directors clearly did not give a shit about who they picked because the performances of Jason Derulo & Rebel Wilson were painfully awful & awkward.

Tom Hooper, who also directed the film adaption of the infamous play “Les Miserables,” was the director for this film & his directing style for musicals is the same: the entire movie consists of singing, with little to no dialogue. However, “Les Miserables” was a huge success & visually stunning as well as amazingly acted, “Cats” is a hot mess. The singing would become infuriating after a few minutes, especially once they began hissing at one another. The choreography & dancing were entirely too much. Also, the tone of the film was way too inconsistent, it would constantly go from an upbeat song to a calm one, then back to upbeat, then back to calm, then to a sad song, then to an upbeat one all in a matter of seconds… can you give the audience the chance to process what just happened?

I was so confused while watching this movie, primarily because of the set design. Where exactly do these mutant dancing cats live? The setting was also very inconsistent, they would constantly leap from place to place without giving any context on why they were now at this place. Furthermore, none of the songs effectively push the storyline, so it just seems like they are singing and meowing at each other for no reason.

In short, this movie was a pile of steaming shit. It was beyond creepy and clearly made the movie theater uncomfortable. There were no memorable performances at all, not even by Jennifer Hudson, who I still can’t believe downgraded herself to such a movie. The worst part of the entire film was the CGI, placing the faces of actors on a human cat body was nothing short of a terrible idea. There were way too many points throughout the movie where I continuously raised the question, “what the hell is going on?” “Cats” is the type of film that will come & go, it’s just a forgettable pile of garbage that should’ve never even been attempted in the first place.

Final Rating – 1/10