Larry Walker24
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A critic over at The Beat basically said the movie “Cats” is "the worst thing to ever happen to cats since dogs showed up." And honestly? Other outlets were just sitting there waiting for Wednesday night's embargo to lift so they could jump on the bandwagon and roast it just as hard.
Even though that first trailer dropped back in July and left everyone looking super confused, expectations were through the roof. I mean, this is a film version of one of the most famous musicals on the planet—an Andrew Lloyd Webber classic from 38 years ago.
The movie was directed by Tom Hooper (the guy behind “Les Misérables” and “The Danish Girl”) and he managed to pull together a massive cast of superstars like James Corden, Judy Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, and Rebel Wilson... Critics are absolutely losing their minds, screaming that it’s the "worst movie ever" and coming up with all these ridiculous puns to describe how much they hate this depiction of New York City.
People are hating on everything: the acting is off, the special effects (especially that creepy CGI fur) are straight-up nightmare fuel, and the plot is just nonsensical, dark, and way too sexualized... Most people just want to scrub the memory from their brains. It actually pissed off one reviewer from The Telegraph so much that they couldn't even bring themselves to give it a rating—they just gave it zero stars.
- Hooper's total mess of an interpretation is going to be an awkward subject for anyone writing biographies of major actors, and it's a legitimate threat to the careers of newcomers trying to make a name for themselves," wrote a reporter from Variety. But hey, none of that means it won't make money. People who have been obsessed with Webber's work in theaters for nearly four decades are still gonna show up to see it—maybe even because the reviews are so trash. American fans will have to wait until February to catch it in theaters.
