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I had the opportunity to check Be My Cat, and it is pretty difficult to describe the film. Not often am I up to watch a thriller like this as I wouldn't say we are talking about a horror. Indeed, it has its elements, but rather one has to deal with a clever psycho- thriller.

Adrian Tofei is an OK writer as I think he unfortunately wrote extremely naive girls into his script. He is a good director as the "film-in-a-film" concept works pretty well. But he is a superb actor. Period. I was amazed by some of his monologues and the chemistry between Alexandra Stroe and him. By the way, the two should be discovered soon as actors. The last 15 minutes they did together was more than fascinating.

Unfortunately, negative points arose as well as some effects - yes, blood - could have been better and after I finished the movie, I had a funny feeling, Mr Tofei might have forgotten to finish his movie in a proper way.

Even if you are fed up with found footage genre, you should give a chance to Be My Cat. Nicely acted, well-executed and memorable scenes what it can offer. An innovative, brave and groundbreaking film.

As far as I can remember Be My Cat is the very first Romanian movie I have ever seen in my life. At first I did not even know what to expect from the film. After 87 minutes I was completely amazed!

One of the most courageous and stunning elements of this production is Adrian Tofei. The way he portrays the protagonist of the film is amazing. You never really know what to think about his character…at first you think he is just an innocent filmmaker from a small town who tries to pursuit his dreams. Even the camera-work and the found footage style itself strengthen this idea in you.

Sometimes you just laugh on his actions but somehow they remind you all the things you did in the past as an amateur filmmaker. Sometimes you are shocked because of him. It is really difficult to play such a complex role as this but Mr. Tofei did that without any mistake.

Let me talk about the female characters. Both Sonia Teodoriu and Florentina Hariton did a great job and did their best to portray their characters however unfortunately they were written a little bit too naive. On the other hand Alexandra Stroe and the last 15-20 minutes between her and Mr. Tofei was fascinating. That was the part of the film when I really saw a strong bond between the two characters and it made Ms. Stroe the most powerful female character in the motion picture.

As the previous review mentioned before, the visual effects – fake blood – were unfortunately not so well made and the ending of the film could have been done in other ways.

All in all, Be My Cat is a very brave, original, well-executed film with memorable scenes and a fantastic protagonist but what is the greatest achievement it has gained is its existence. Adrian Tofei and his crew proved that you can do movie magic without millions of dollars but with creativity and commitment to your work and that can raise hope for every independent filmmaker all over the world.

I had not heard of this film, but watched it following a recommendation in a FF group. I expected a foreign language film, but though it is set in Romania with Romanian actors, it is in English and made for an American audience (I'm an Aussie). The main actor is also the director, editor, sound engineer, etc etc and his passion for his film is what makes this well worth the watch. I would liken the central character to Josef/Aaron in the Creep series, he is that kind of weird but friendly but unnerving guy who just doesn't seem right and this is what makes it work so well. Definitely worth a watch and I'm interested to see what else he does. .

Be My Cat came out of no where for me on a recent found footage binge. And I can easily say after a week of seeing this film i still think about it. Adrian Tofei was an absolute genius in his role. From creepy to making me laugh out loud. Is it weird this is now a comfort movie I put on before I sleep. I could weirdly listen to Adrian Tofei ramble for hours. The best part of this film is how real it feels. Smart of Adrian to do first takes and bring the actresses right into character after getting off the bus. Have a few drinks sit down and enjoy being able to witness the madness of Adrian....

Throughout this movie it had an energy of "I shouldn't be watching this" which was captivating.

I went in knowing very little and assumed this movie wasn't in English however the in universe reason for it both makes sense and contributes to the atmosphere (I hate when movies in non-English countries have everyone inexplicably speaking English).

There is little gore but there doesn't need to be. The acting is great all around. The lead who is also the director is so great at playing such a complex and terrifying man that some people thought he was real. The movie is quite meta and plays with your idea of reality a lot. Overall this is found footage at it's best.

TW: Violence, Drugging, Assault, Stalking, Dead Animal.