CATS | DIGITAL FUR TECH TO LOSE 113.2M IN LITTER BOX | December 20, 2019 | #ReleaseTheButtholeCut

[nick64]

My GOD these reviews are everything I wanted and more. Reylo can wait

[AniNate]

1 hour ago, Nova said:

Taylor’s performance being praised amidst the lashings this movie is getting is not something I expected. 

The casting in general never felt like the big issue here

[Krissykins]

1 hour ago, Nova said:

Taylor’s performance being praised amidst the lashings this movie is getting is not something I expected. 

I just assumed she’d be singing one musical number on camera, like her day job. 

[aladdino]

2 hours ago, Nova said:

Taylor’s performance being praised amidst the lashings this movie is getting is not something I expected. 

isnt she only on for 5 minutes?? it's basically like a performance for ha

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

19 hours ago, TMP said:

@Eric loves Rey

Dan and Roth said that at the critics' screening they got a ticket for a free drink as they checked in, which is apparently not the norm for these things. Haha, the studio knew it would be very bad and thought bribing the critics with booze would help. 

[redfirebird2008]

Cats producers should be glad that Star Wars is getting a rotten response from critics. Nice distraction. This Cats flick sounds like it might be a "so bad it's good" candidate. 

[ThePhasmid]

Catwoman and Sleepwalkers can take a sigh of relief.

[The Futurist]

Antonio Banderas gets the last Meow.

[a2k]

in case you missed it

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Critics Consensus

Despite its fur-midable cast, this Cats adaptation is a clawful mistake that will leave most viewers begging to be put out of their mew-sery.

 

[Dephira]

These sound like the reviews of a movie that I MUST see in theaters.

[CloneWars]

Ouch! 19% RT. Yah, this will bomb big time. Anyway, can't be one of the few to see this in theaters.

[The Futurist]

This will become a cult camp classic no doubt.

[CoolioD1]

this is actually selling pretty well around me like i just checked and it's hard to get a good seat for any of the afternoon showings on saturday. the uk though where mamma mia was once the highest grossing film of all-time i swear this country will cream itself for any musical. and this is some eurovision looking nonsense so it'll probably be huge here.

[ThePhasmid]

19 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

this is actually selling pretty well around me like i just checked and it's hard to get a good seat for any of the afternoon showings on saturday. the uk though where mamma mia was once the highest grossing film of all-time i swear this country will cream itself for any musical. and this is some eurovision looking nonsense so it'll probably be huge here.

I really don't wish to generalize, but does this have anything to do with the Bollywood obsessed culture over there? A majority of mediocre musicals manage to somehow pull in decent numbers in the UK (most of the time).

[CoolioD1]

1 minute ago, ThePhasmid said:

I really don't wish to generalize, but does this have anything to do with the Bollywood obsessed culture over there? A majority of mediocre musicals manage to somehow pull in decent numbers in the UK (most of the time).

that might be part of it idk. there was a real bollywood boom here about 15 years ago where those movies felt like they were being marketed a lot heavier but that's sort of gone away, maybe because the mainstream hollywood musical has had a minor comeback idk. also i do think there's a genuine mainstream love of camp and kitsch stuff here that plays a big part of it.

[Eric Duncan]

Isn't Andrew Lloyd Weber a Brit too? That probably explains the excitement there

[AniNate]

I think it's more about how they're seen as "classier" than the usual Hollywood fare. Broadway and Bollywood have different audiences.

[Boxofficerules]

With this and Black Christmas, Universal aren’t having a good Xmas!

[Jay Beezy]

Dammit. No thirst takes on how sexually arousing Idris Elba is as a cat. Guess they found him a movie that reduced his sex appeal.

[JB33]

55 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

With this and Black Christmas, Universal aren’t having a good Xmas!

Funny thing is, last Christmas was a disaster for them too with Mortal Engines and Welcome to Marwen.

 

Universal really needs to take a hard look at their yearly holiday season slates and strategies. The movies they're putting out at that time are not working, like at all.