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Cat's Meow, The (2001) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Cat's Meow, The (2001) a score of 2.6559 out of 4
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for 25frames.org (Christoph Huber)25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for offoffoff, a guide to alternative New Yorkoffoffoff, a guide to alternative New York
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.46 out of 4 stars for Mixed Reviews: The Arts, The World, and More (Jill Cozzi)Mixed Reviews: The Arts, The World, and More (Jill Cozzi)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.46 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for Edwin JahielEdwin Jahiel
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for Plume NoirePlume Noire
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.44 out of 4 stars for IOFilmIOFilm
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Merle Bertrand)Film Threat (Merle Bertrand)
While certainly an entertaining and intriguing film, one simply can't get past the notion that we're watching semi-famous actors pretending to be their more famous characters. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Film Threat (Merle Bertrand)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
A reasonably good yarn. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Well-cast, smartly directed and mounted, it's built upon an intriguing piece of Hollywood lore. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
it never seems to gel, nor does it allow for any other interpretations, which takes all the fun out of the mystery. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Mckay)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The performances are a delight, especially Dunst's effervescent turn as Marion Davies. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
[Dunst] brings genuine humanity to a role that could have been little more than a vampish gold digger. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Flak Magazine (Tony Nigro)Flak Magazine (Tony Nigro)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)
A wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Matt's Movie Reviews (Matt Easterbrook)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.36 out of 4 stars for The Filmsnobs (Stephen Himes)The Filmsnobs (Stephen Himes)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.36 out of 4 stars for Reel.com (Mary Kalin-Casey)Reel.com (Mary Kalin-Casey)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.34 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.30 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.28 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Golden Age movie mogul Thomas Ince, 42, died in his home on November 19, 1924, from heart failure. Or was he shot to death during a weekend yachting party hosted by newspaper tycoon William Randolph ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for FilmStew.comFilmStew.com
As two filmmakers who helped to make the '70s a rich, vibrant, even revolutionary period in American cinema, Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) and Robert Altman (M*A*S*H, ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at FilmStew.com
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.18 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)
There is virtually no looseness or excitement in the writing or filmmaking, and even less research or complexity. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Matinee Magazine (Joe McGovern)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
A fictional account of a tabloid half-truth. It plays into the sensationalism without exploring other possibilities. Chaplin claims he wasn't even there! ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kinnopio's Movie Reviews (Craig Roush)Kinnopio's Movie Reviews (Craig Roush)
The film plays out like a documentary marginalized by fiction. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Kinnopio's Movie Reviews (Craig Roush)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (David Johnson)Zertinet Movies (David Johnson)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Steven Rosen)Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
In the end, it's an amusing diversion. But it should be more. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
The actors do a good job of overcoming the stagebound feel of The Cat's Meow , which, for all its charms, sometimes feels as self-obsessed as the characters it slyly mocks. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
The visually stylish, if narratively stodgy, film is a parable of Hollywood success and personal failure told with authority by one himself a showbiz victor and victim. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Always so respectful of Old Hollywood, Bogdanovich tiptoes through the graveyard, lest he wake the ghosts. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
More obvious than acerbic, more inane than insightful and exaggerated to the point of caricature. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
The potential of this pure Hollywood Babylon story remains unrealised, instead playing out as half-baked Agatha Christie. Not uninteresting, but a disappointment. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Jeremiah Kipp)filmcritic.com (Jeremiah Kipp)
“Get two geniuses, put them together in a room, and… wow!” That was Steve Martin’s self-conscious gag incorporated into the dialogue of his play Picasso at the Lapin Angile. It said, in effect, that we shouldn’t give ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at filmcritic.com (Jeremiah Kipp)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Going one step further than Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar nominated take on Chaplin, Izzard is afforded the rare chance to form his own reading of this elusive star. Izzard plays Chaplin not as a constant clown, but as a hopeless romantic, driven in ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
The story concerns a murder aboard WR's yacht, where a large group of his friends have come to party. Until the murder occurs at the end, little of consequence happens. The guests all make polite small talk in public while backstabbing each other in ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Steve Rhodes
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
The result is good gossip, entertainingly delivered, yet with a distinctly musty odour, its expiry date long gone. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme de la celluloid. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Laura Kelly)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Susan Stark)Detroit News (Susan Stark)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (--)Film Threat (--)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
An overemphatic, would-be wacky, ultimately tedious sex farce. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Mediasharx (Clint Morris)Mediasharx (Clint Morris)
It spends too much time in the art department and not enough time in the script headquarters. ...read the complete Cat's Meow movie review at Mediasharx (Clint Morris)
Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Independent (--)Independent (--)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Cat's Meow, The (2001) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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