Cats The Movie Reviews. The film has been at the centre of much discussion, ever since the first trailer was released in the summer, thanks to the way in which hooper decided to depict the felines. If you're not familiar with the andrew lloyd webber musical, cats is based on old possum's book of practical cats by t.s.

Movie musical is a total disaster — johnny oleksinski, new york post. Eliot's 1939 poetry collection old possum's book of practical cats) stays true to the original production, which first debuted on may 11, 1981. Cats has its flaws, but is not terrible.

Tom hooper manages to take an already bad idea (turning cats into a live action movie) and makes it even worse than you could possibly imagine.

Tom hooper’s adaptation of andrew lloyd webber’s 1981 broadway musical simply does not translate to the. Cats is the best worst movie ever made. The film has earned an 18% on rotten tomatoes from 186 reviews and a dismal metacritic score of 32. A great movie musical should organically blend song and dialogue, with each complementing the other with the goal of developing the story wherever possible.