Dog films have always been a staple of film history. During the silent and early sound era they were especially popular.
Cats have not fared well in cinema because rather then be a best friend for a human they, as the saying goes, " don't care ".
Here at least is one film that does care about them and presents a memorable fantasy of a boy and his cat.
Whiskers and his boy are best friends and, as fate would have it, both make a wish to the Egyptian cat goddess and both wishes come true which sets the pair on a journey to find Whiskers' mother.
The film can be seen as having two parts : initially it's a goofy comedy that shows the many ways in which the cat , now become a young man, reacts to being in the body of a human. The script does an excellent job a making the viewer believe the approximately thirty year old man on screen is really a cat in a human body which sets up the serious, and at times dark, second part of the story ...the search for Whiskers' mom.
Cat films are few and far between but this unique production is, in the entire animal film genre, perhaps the most successful in establishing the strength of the human/animal bond.
