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MTV News by Amy Nicholson
Yes, Nine Lives is dumb. Yes, it’s for very young kids. Yes, Lil Bub has a cameo. And yes, I giggled anyway.
Nine Lives
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- France,
- China,
- Canada
- 2016
- · 87m
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast
Kevin Spacey,
Jennifer Garner,
Malina Weissman,
Robbie Amell,
Cheryl Hines,
Mark Consuelos
Genre
Fantasy,
Comedy,
Family
Tom Brand is a workaholic billionaire whose lifestyle leaves him little time for his family. Needing a present for his daughter's birthday, Brand decides to buy a cat from a mysterious pet store, only to become magically trapped in the animal's body. He is then given an ultimatum: reconnect with your estranged family or spend your life in feline form.
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Movie Nation by Roger Moore
As crass as it is, I’ve seen worse.
30
TheWrap by Dave White
In addition to listless direction from Sonnenfeld, and an overall feeling of cheapness and carelessness, Nine Lives also suffers from incoherence.
25
The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Boasting no less than five credited screenwriters, the film is like an exquisite-corpse exercise in kiddie-movie plotting.
25
IndieWire by David Ehrlich
Cats may have nine lives, but you only get one, and it’s too precious to waste on this drivel.
20
Variety by Owen Gleiberman
Nine Lives is a lot like a cat: It occasionally bestirs itself, and it would like to be stroked with love, but mostly it just sits there. It’s a pet farce so flat it makes you long for the Lubitsch touch of the “Alvin” comedies.
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The Guardian by Nigel M Smith
It’s lazy on every level.
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Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh
The most disappointing thing is that Nine Lives doesn’t even dare to be an audacious mess. It’s a Frankenstein’s monster of Hollywood’s worst instincts, a movie made with a math formula where its vision should have been.
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The Telegraph by Robbie Collin
Nothing here looks like a genuine interaction between real human beings: Spacey may be the first actor to give a comedic performance in which his own smile looks like it had to be green-screened in at a later date.
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Total Film by Ken McIntyre
By the end you will quite possibly hate cats, Spacey, and the ’80s.
16
Entertainment Weekly
Watching these videos of actual cats, all of whom have racked up countless views on YouTube, just serves to underscore how unfunny and neutered Nine Lives actually is.
10
The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger
The film, derivative (see “The Shaggy Dog” of 2006) and devoid of wit, is about that tiredest of kid-movie clichés, the parent who is too busy for his children and must be taught a lesson.
10
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
This is a family movie about cats? Please, somebody tell the three separate teams of screenwriters credited with penning this thing.
RogerEbert.com by Susan Wloszczyna
Let’s just say I have been to wakes that have elicited more laughs.
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
At 87 torturous, laugh-free minutes, the film could change the most avid cat fancier into a kitty hater.
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