Cats in the Museum

I saw this movie on the cinema, and tbh it seems like the person who wrote the story for this was just lazy, they had a great and cute opportunity and wasted it. It wasn't funny or interesting, and a there were a lot of unnecessary subplots. Also, the design of the only female cat ??? Man, that's awful.

The Spanish dub was also very cheap.

And the animation of the animals was fine, but when humans appear they seem sooo stiff, I think that was the only funny thing.

I would recommend this movie for children under the age of like 9-10, if you're older then you're just gonna waste your money. (Like me)

We took our grandchildren, ages 8 & 6, to see this film. They enjoyed the story, characters & could identify some of the paintings being featured, especially the 'Mona Lisa'! The central character experiences quite a few hair-raising adventures, and must work his way between the demands of friendship and danger, and is finally rewarded by the love of a beautiful lady.

We also enjoyed the film, having visited The Hermitage in St. Petersburg several times, pre-COVID19.

If I had any criticism, it would be the voices chosen for English-Language dubbing. A bewildering mix of Irish, Scots & Middle American do not sit well with the characters & there are more than enough well trained voiceover actors to be found in either Russia or the Baltic Republics who would have done a far better job.

I joined IMDB just to warn people about this movie.

If there's someone you genuinely hate tell them to see this movie.

Terrible animation, terrible voice over, painful storyline ... painful in general.

I can't believe I spent money on seeing it.

My kids begged me to leave.

That's time I'll never get back.

Picture this... the worst thing you've ever seen.

The worst.

Did any cinemas even view it before adding it to their movie showings?

I've never left a bad review in my life. But it would be actually wrong of me to say nothing.

Save your money. Save your time.

Not just disappointing actually shockingly bad. Don't do it to yourself or anyone you love.

I feel like kids films are going to be a trial ground for producers, companies and studios to see if audiences will consume AI content without noticing it's AI. That's what this movie felt like...a film written, structured, and performed by AI...and there's a couple of others I've watched on Netflix recently that feel similar.

It felt extremely unemotional and detached. The structure felt formulaic but in a way that just didn't feel like humans were behind it making the said formulaic mistakes, if that makes sense? Performances felt like they were built on a voice artist recording their voice for 2 hours and then AI increased the vocabulary and filled in the blanks. Just an incredibly aloof feeling watching this. My 4 year old said it was boring. Kids are human too and know when something is wafer thin.

A fellow parent invited me and my little to see this and we both came out with regrets 😂 Poorly-animated with incompetent voice work, and an incoherent and convoluted narrative. Certain plot points (Cleopatra's seemingly low self esteem related to perceived rejection by the opposite sex, I'm not kidding) also struck me as not the greatest message for kids. There is little to latch on to as enjoyable save for the depictions of art and mentions of well-known artists. I am honestly confused as to how this didn't go straight to Netflix, but once it ends up there you should probably still avoid it.