The Case of the Grinning Cat (2006)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:16
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.7/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 20, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Shortly after September 11, 2001, when much of the world was showing its public support for New York City and America, a cartoonish smiling cat began appearing in Paris, stenciled on walls,... [More]
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Reviews for The Case of the Grinning Cat
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 B+ |
A playful 58-minute documentary. Full Review |
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Feels like Marker's attempt to implicitly reconcile his own advanced age...one is bound to see history repeat itself in full, ignorant swing, if one lives long enough. Full Review |
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3/4 |
[Director] Marker may be windy, but he also enjoys the wisdom that comes with age. His masterful command of the camera shows that he can lecture and entertain at the same time. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The Case of the Grinning Cat is further evidence of Chris Marker's exhilarating wit. His hour-long cinema essay offers a snapshot of France that's been realized in Marker's daydreamy developer fluid. Full Review |
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Demonstrates that this cinematic provocateur [director Chris Marker] has lost little of his gift for social observation. Full Review |
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Organic and overflowing with ideas... Marker's even-handedness and playful spirit show that innocent art and activist politics are two sides of the same culture... this whimsical winner cannot be pigeonholed. Full Review |
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3/5 |
vivé le chat! Full Review |
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A- |
The Case Of The Grinning Cat is a sequel of sorts to Marker's epic three-hour 1977 documentary on the decline of the left, A Grin Without A Cat -- though this new work is both shorter and more playful. Full Review |
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Marker brings a light, puckish touch. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
In The Case of the Grinning Cat, the filmmaker Chris Marker fluidly moves over and under Paris, capturing images of fugitive beauty and pathos.
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3/4 |
Leave it to Chris Marker, the 85-year-old French documentarian and cineaste hero, to take an unexceptional event and turn it into an exceptional film. Full Review |
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Approaching 85, cine-essayist Chris Marker remains as lively, engaged, and provocative as ever -- and no less fond of indirection. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Modestly eschewing declarative organization, Marker's interest in and presentation of information is strictly pointillist. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Marker -- something of a cine-sage known for his essay-style documentaries -- playfully decodes this unofficial icon of French street culture. Full Review |
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I can't think of a better portrait of contemporary Paris or the zeitgeist of 2001-'04 than Chris Marker's wise and whimsical 58-minute 2004 video. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A bright, intelligent soufflé of a film that is both engaged and engaging, and which, like the best French confections, continually rises. Full Review |
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