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NUMBERS
Box Office: $3,176,936
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CONSENSUS
The Cat's Meow is a deliciously evoked period piece and whodunit.
CAST & CREW
Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
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SYNOPSIS
From award-winning screenwriter Steven Peros and acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich comes THE CAT'S MEOW, an extraordinary look at a fateful excursion of "fun and frolic" aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht in November of 1924 that brought together some of the century's best-known personalities and resulted in a still-unsolved, hushed-up killing. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, for sexuality, a scene of violence and brief drug use
RUNTIME
1 hour, 52 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 12, 2002
Video: Aug 20, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Lions Gate Films
GENRE
Dramas, Parties, Actresses
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official The Cat's Meow Site
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SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
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 "Not only a reminder of how they used to make movies, but also how they sometimes still can be made."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Bogdanovich strikes gold with Dunst and Herrmann."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
 "Disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY
"Bogdanovich puts history in perspective and, via Kirsten Dunst's remarkable performance, he showcases Davies as a young woman of great charm, generosity and diplomacy."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"Most film directors dream about making their Citizen Kane"...Peter Bogdanovich has found a way to do the next best thing."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"Just like Hearst’s enormous yacht, it’s slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"Welles groupie/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it, but he's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"The real draw, though, is the performance by Dunst that is, alone, worth the price of admission."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"...a sour little movie at its core; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920's ...The film's ending has a "What was it all for?" feeling to it, but like the 1920's, the trip there is a great deal of fun."
-- Jill Cozzi, COZZI FAN TUTTI CELLULOID MUSINGS
"Terrific performances, great to look at, and funny. A little uneven to be the cat's meow, but it's good enough to be the purr."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"Contains the same kind of intelligent class observation that was featured in Gosford Park."
-- Mark Dujsik, MARK REVIEWS MOVIES
"Director Peter Bogdanovich, a Hollywood legend in his own right, and screenwriter Steven Peros got may of the details of Hearst's private life just right."
-- Annlee Ellingson, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Not exactly the Bees Knees"
-- Thom Fowler, HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP
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"While certainly an entertaining and intriguing film, one simply can't get past the notion that we're watching semi-famous actors pretending to be their more famous characters."
-- Merle Bertrand, FILM THREAT
"A reasonably good yarn."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"Sparkles in its deft portrait of Tinseltown's seasoned veterans of gossip, wealth, paranoia, and celebrityhood."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Bogdanovich's surest stroke with "The Cat's Meow" is in giving Dunst her
best role yet."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"...even if you’ve never heard of Chaplin, you’ll still be glued to the screen."
-- David Cornelius, AMAZING COLOSSAL WEBSITE
"Despite all the closed-door hanky-panky, the film is essentially juiceless."
-- Manohla Dargis, L.A. WEEKLY
"Works on a number of levels, but above all else it is a smart and satisfying entertainment."
-- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES
"A wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture."
-- Matt Easterbrook, MATT'S MOVIE REVIEWS
"Jolting into Charleston rhythms, the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent (accurate? Who cares?)."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"This may not be great moviemaking ... but it's vastly enjoyable in a low-down, scandal-mongering way."
-- Bill Gallo, NEW TIMES
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FRESH 83%
Avg. Rating: 7.1/10 |
"The Cat's Meow marks a return to form for director Peter Bogdanovich ..."
-- Mark Adams, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"It represents better-than-average movie-making that doesn't demand a dumb, distracted audience."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"It's pretty linear and only makeup-deep, but Bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period."
-- Jay Carr, BOSTON GLOBE
"It's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again."
-- Paul Clinton, CNN
"The film is darkly atmospheric, with Herrmann quietly suggesting the sadness and obsession beneath Hearst's forced avuncular chortles."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"Thin period piece."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"It's one heck of a character study -- not of Hearst or Davies but of the unique relationship between them."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Bogdanovich taps deep into the Hearst mystique, entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The result is good gossip, entertainingly delivered, yet with a distinctly musty odour, its expiry date long gone."
-- Rick Groen, GLOBE AND MAIL
"Represents a return to form by Peter Bogdanovich."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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"An intriguing, richly detailed look at the early days of Hollywood power and glamour."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
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