Cute little fellow, but unfortunately, the film in which he stars is little more than catnip.
A Street Cat Named Bob
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United Kingdom · 2016
1h 43m
Director Roger Spottiswoode
Starring Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Stewart Head
Genre Drama, Family
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Based on the international best-seller, A Street Cat Named Bob tells the story of James Bowen, a homeless heroin addict who is down to his last bits of change. After a life-threatening, drug-related, incident, he moves into a council flat and discovers a ginger cat rifling through his food. Will it change his life for the better?
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Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan
While Bob does slink around some predictable narrative beats, this is still a slyly subversive film with a social point to make as it highlights James’s isolation in a cold, hard-faced London which responds better to animals than its hopeless humans.
Unpretentiously touching on the page, this material feels stretched a bit thin on film, with televisual production values and a samey song score doing little to enrich matters: Still, it’s sweetly hopeful .
A Street Cat Named Bob has its heart in the right place but doesn’t quite land on a tone to unite hard hitting drama and a cat-based comedy.
The Hollywood Reporter by Leslie Felperin
A film that admirably tries to remain true to the slightly gritty spirit of its source material. Unfortunately, it also occasionally sprays the wall with maudlin touches and misjudged additions to the story.
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
Veteran director Roger Spottiswoode, whose output has been spotty in recent years, returns to form with a perfectly weighted redemptive story that engages the heart without shying away from the darker aspects of Bowen’s recovery.
More meme than movie.
Austin Chronicle by Steve Davis
If you’ve ever felt the same about a Felis catus, you’ll cut A Street Cat Named Bob some slack for the same reason I did. You won’t be able to help yourself. And stock up on some Kleenex beforehand. You’re gonna need them.
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