The Cat's Meow (2001)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 124
Fresh: 93 | Rotten: 31
The Cat's Meow is a deliciously evoked period piece and whodunit.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 5
The Cat's Meow is a deliciously evoked period piece and whodunit.
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Peter Bogdanovich turns his sights on the 1920s for a fictitious look at the possible reasons for the death of silent movie producer Thomas Ince (played here by Cary Elwes) after spending a holiday with media tycoon William Randolph Hearst (played by Edward Herrmann). The film begins and ends on Ince's funeral, attended by best-selling novelist Elinor Glyn (Joanna Lumley), who was present when the young producer finally died and who leads the audience through the unsure details of what may have
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Kirsten Dunst
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Eddie Izzard
Charlie Chaplin -
Edward Herrmann
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Cary Elwes
Thomas Ince -
Joanna Lumley
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Jennifer Tilly
Louella Parsons -
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The strongest achievement of The Cat's Meow may be the performances, especially those of Kirsten Dunst (Davies), Edward Herrmann (Hearst), and even Eddie Izzard (Chaplin).
Top CriticThe '20s-set pic is given considerable bounce by a splendid cast, led by Kirsten Dunst in an eye-opening perf as Marion Davies.
Featherweight but fun.
As the story progresses, the tension dissipates, probably because once Bogdanovich has set his wheels in motion, he just lets them spin.
The result is good gossip, entertainingly delivered, yet with a distinctly musty odour, its expiry date long gone.
[Dunst] brings genuine humanity to a role that could have been little more than a vampish gold digger.
...a missed opportunity that's rarely as engrossing or intriguing as its premise might have indicated.
It's good to see Peter Bogdanovich working again, but his Hollywood tale feels like a minor, trashy TV melodrama
This story about a possible murder isn't for kids.
Though The Cat's Meow just sorta comes to a so-what ending and stops short, the getting there is delicious.
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I thought this was an incredible cast and I thought they were all fantastic at bringing their characters to life.
It''s still a tasty footnote in the chequered histories of both Chaplin -- rumoured to be Davies' secret lover -- and Hearst.
Dunst gives us a bright, bubbly woman with comedic talent.
Notable mostly for Kirsten Dunst's superb portrayal of Marion Davies.
The potential of this pure Hollywood Babylon story remains unrealised, instead playing out as half-baked Agatha Christie.
The chemistry between the three leads is a cruel and perfect satire on celebrity love.
Of particular interest if you're a fan of the seminal 1941 Orson Welles pic, Citizen Kane . . .
it never seems to gel, nor does it allow for any other interpretations, which takes all the fun out of the mystery.
Seems thin and superficial, like a TV movie of the week.
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