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That ending... I'm not sure if it's woeful or brilliant, I'm leaning towards the latter I gotta be honest. Hear me out. For most of my watch, I was expecting to give this a less than positive rating. It starts off decently before meandering towards its conclusion. When it gets…
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That Darn Cat
“This FBI agent is purring his life on the line. Fortunately, he's got nine.”
50%
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1h 29m
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That Darn Cat (1997) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of That Darn Cat (1997) — a movie tagged as Family and Comedy with cozy and funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enlists skeptical law enforcement help to find the victim before it's too late. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, date night, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate That Darn Cat 50% (98 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enlists skeptical law enforcement help to find the victim before it's too late.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1997-02-14
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 5.0
- TMDB ID
- 20735
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While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enlists skeptical law enforcement help to find the... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Christina Ricci
Patti
Doug E. Doug
Zeke
Dean Jones
Mr. Flint
Peter Boyle
Pa
Michael McKean
Peter Randall
Dyan Cannon
Mrs. Flint
George Dzundza
Boetticher
Bess Armstrong
Judy Randall
John Ratzenberger
Dusty
Megan Cavanagh
Lu
Estelle Parsons
Old Lady McCracken
Rebecca Schull
Ma
Thomas F. Wilson
Melvin
Brian Haley
Marvin
Mark Christopher Lawrence
Rollo
Rebecca Koon
Lizzie
Ned Bellamy
Agent #1
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Rob Cleveland
Agent #3
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That ending... I'm not sure if it's woeful or brilliant, I'm leaning towards the latter I gotta be honest. Hear me out. For most of my watch, I was expecting to give this a less than positive rating. It starts off decently before meandering towards its conclusion. When it gets there, though, it's absolutely bonkers. My feelings towards the final part switched completely, I initially found it stupid (which it probably is) but the last embers of it are so ridiculous that it's actually entertaining. Don't be fooled by the covers for this film, by the way. It looks like it's going to be a CGI cat but it isn't, a real cat is used for the vast majority as far as I could tell. Even on Disney+ it has the CG cover, which cheapens the film and would've turned me away - had I not been on this Disney marathon that I'm on. Very strange choice from the makers. At this point, it is worth noting I thoroughly enjoyed the 1965 original film; which is far, far superior to this remake. The cast in '65 are terrific, but the '97 cast list is one I actually rate. Dean Jones, to my surprise, appears in this one. He plays a different character completely, but it's cool to see him nevertheless. As for the newcomers onscreen, Christina Ricci (Patti) and Doug E. Doug (Zeke) are the leads. Ricci is no Hayley Mills, nor is Doug a Jones, but I still liked them together. Michael McKean (Peter) is also involved, as is Pixar staple John Ratzenberger (Dusty) - who, alongside Mark Christopher Lawrence (Rollo), play a part in the finale. This has a very low average rating on Letterboxd, which I can completely understand. For me, though, I found it so bizarre that it actually works in a twisted sort of way. Would I recommend this? I dunno. Was I entertained? Surprisingly, yeah. ...and yes, I'm fully aware I did just do a five-paragraph review about 'That Darn Cat' (1997)... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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