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Michele D Like the musical, the music & costumes were AMAZING!!! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/01/20 Full Review Scott Essman Though it was critically lambasted and commercially disastrous in the USA, Universal's film adaption of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats stage musical from 1981 presents the magic of said stage show in a throughly entertaining and visually stimulating piece of cinema, meant to be seen and heard in a proper movie theater with adequate projection and sound systems. Significantly, Jennifer Hudson's rendition of "Memory" and her portrayal of Grizabella will bring all those who do not have the coldest of hearts to tears, while Taylor Swift's setpiece as Bombalurina shows that the pop star has a bright future ahead in films if she so desires. Heartbreaking and poignant, Sir Ian McKellen's segment as Gus, the Theater Cat stirs deep emotions for anyone who has ever desired to hold an audience with a touching story, song, work of art or any other type of live presentation. Much criticism was directed at the Cats' visual effects—which apparently faced production and time problems—but the choice of merging computer-generated feline appearances and behavior with practical makeups and costumes on the actors is never a distraction and only serves to help tell the story of these unique characters, originally described in T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" from 1939. Unquestionably, Webber's original show, staged on Broadway in 1983 to great success, reached a massive global audience, with a reported 3.5 billion in box office returns across the world. Such success, as with Webber's Phantom of the Opera 1980s show, apparently is set up for due backlash when arriving on cinema screens. Nonetheless, fans of the live Cats show would be amiss to skip this courageous motion picture telling of the musical. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/30/20 Full Review Princess I watched a live performance of Cats & loved it. I only saw it once & I was young, in the single digits, so I didn't remember all the details going into the movie. I am absolutely certain the play was better than the movie! The songs were good, the actors did a good job, & there were some comical moments. There were also a lot of lackluster scenes & confusing moments. It didn't seem to go anywhere most of the time. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/13/20 Full Review Lakea Boring and too much singing Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/20 Full Review Margaret B A very well produced film. The effects, acting, dancing, and singing were superb. A little out there, but wonderful. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/20 Full Review Kayla this move suck and you can not even tell what they are singing a major disappointment and my expectations was not high to begin with 😤 Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/20 Full Review Read all reviews

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