IMDb plot summary: 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.
Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring Francesca Hayward, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, and Taylor Swift.
...How do you even rate and review Cats? Either the movie or the show. To Hooper's credit, he stays absurdly faithful to the original, only making one or two tiny changes, but he was definitely embracing it for what it is, which means this was only ever going to be a ridiculous movie. It was in no way helped by having photorealistic cat fur with terrifying human hands protuding out of them. Rebel Wilson and Jason Derulo both failed to capture the *only* trait their characters have, but the Skimbleshanks number rules, and I laughed a lot and had just a great time with this weird, weird, weird movie. I hope it gains a Rocky Horror-style cult following and gets midnight sing-along viewings for decades to come.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Cats > Red
Cats > Dangerous Liaisons
Cats < Vertigo
Cats < Rise of the Guardians
Cats < Key Largo
Cats < Shakespeare Behind Bars
Cats < Sherlock Jr.
Cats > Sneakers
Cats < The Pirates of Penzance
Cats < The Basketball Diaries
Cats < The Body Snatcher
Cats > Manhattan Murder Mystery
Final spot: #746 out of 3038.
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