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I fear this is a documentary that you might need to be a cat fancier to appreciate. Once you arrive at that destination, at the destination of cat lover you will enjoy this if only for Bobby. This is a flick all about the Canadian run of shows that lead up to the final and winning cat. Therefore, there are gorgeous cats in the offing. That alone makes this a flick for me, you, maybe not so much.

This flick is a sharp tale of two women. The chemistry between Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively is strong and engrossing. The two women entwine with each other but nothing is what it seems. One is up to no good, but they both have deep secrets with the depth it takes to hold such secrets. They're great fun to watch and I suspect Paul Feig is much of the reason. Plus the soundtrack is a swinging French time. Two moms, a goody two-shoes and a power-to-reckon-with start hanging out. The two-shoes (Stephanie) is being used by the powerful woman (Emily) but she loves it. One day the Emily asks Stephanie to pick up her child from school and take him home with her, to her house. A week later and Emily still hasn't come to pick up her son.

Bette Davis plays the 1930s version of a femme fatale, in which the fatal part is because of a curse rather than because of her fatal allure. La Davis plays a Broadway actress who has brought her every man, producer and play to ruin because she's cursed. Now no one will cast her in a play so she drinks herself into oblivion. Enter goody two-shoes Franchot Tone who's going to save her, until he falls in love with her. Bette Davis is mesmerizing; she's so fun to watch. The movie itself, though, is so dated that the abruptness of emotions and reactions are false. It's that last scene - the absurdity of the ending is the movie's biggest downfall.