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Cat Person

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• Romance
• Comedy

• 2023
• Susanna Fogel
• 118 mins
• 15

Summary

Psychological thriller starring Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun. University student and cinema worker Margot meets and strikes up a flirtation with 30-something film fan Robert. After their burgeoning romance ends on seemingly amiable terms, Margot comes to believe that the unassuming Robert may, in fact, be dangerous.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Kevin Harley

A 2017 short story published in the New Yorker is the springboard for this smartly acted but overwritten thriller. Emilia Jones (CODA) stars as Margot, a student and cinema employee who begins flirting with older moviegoer Robert (Nicholas Braun). After much text-based banter, they begin dating, though Robert's condescending behaviour is one of many red flags. Jones and Braun are fine leads, and both use their differences in height and mannerisms to great effect, teasing out the tensions between their characters. Scriptwriter Michelle Ashford and director Susanna Fogel initially dissect gender dynamics and dating anxieties with sharp wit and invention, notably during a discomforting bedroom scene. However, they take a heavy-handed approach elsewhere. Speeches about ant mating rituals from Margot's lecturer (Isabella Rossellini) clumsily ram home the film's subtext. Worse, the climax fatally over-stretches the source material, trading the story's uneasy ambiguities for a noisy mess of horror clichés and ludicrous character choices.

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6.0/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameMargotEmilia JonesRobertNicholas BraunTaylorGeraldine ViswanathanKellyHope DavisDr Enid ZabalaIsabella Rossellini

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Crew

rolenameDirectorSusanna Fogel

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Theatrical distributor

Studiocanal

Released on

2023-10-27

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, a sex scene

Formats

Colour

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