Cats Musical Funny Reviews. If you can overlook the problematic cgi and enjoy the craft of the performances. The redeeming element is the extensive use of verse from t.s.

An eclectic roster of stars claw out a few meager moments, but as screen experiences go, this is a memory best forgotten. Cats hits cinemas today, and the majority of reviews for the movie are extremely negative. Now, i can report—i still have no idea what a jellicle cat is.

Producer andrew lloyd weber has had multiple musicals take over broadway for decades and then eventually make their way to the silver screen.results have been mixed, but people were legitimately afraid of what would happen when it was announced a movie version of cats was being directed by tom hooper—and they had every right to be.

There are all these dance numbers in cats, and hooper spends so much time cutting around, changing angles, flying up to the ceiling, manipulating. The original musical involves a clowder of cats with its own lingo (“jellicle”) that convenes on the night one is chosen to be reborn. Too slow, too tame, too threadbare. Eliot’s poetry titled “old possum’s book of practical cats,” which coined the term “jellicle.