Variety
It's not the best film you'll see this holiday season, but this soft, agreeable adaptation of the man-and-his-cat bestseller has its charms.
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A Street Cat Named Bob
British feel-good drama, based on the best selling memoir, about James Bowen - a busker and recovering drug addict who had his life transformed by none other than a stray ginger cat. The cat, Bob, is played in the movie by Bowen's real-life cat, Bob.
2016Rating: PG, Mild themes of drug addiction and coarse language103 minsUK
DramaTrue Story & Biography
- Director:
- Roger Spottiswoode ('Turner & Hooch', 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot')
- Writer:
- Tim JohnMaria Nation
- Cast:
- Bob the CatLuke TreadawayRuta GedmintasJoanne FroggattAnthony HeadBeth GoddardDarren EvansCaroline GoodallRuth Sheen
A Street Cat Named Bob / Reviews
Total Film
What works on the page seems slight on screen. That's not to say it isn't life-affirming, it's just not quite the cat's pyjamas.
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Time Out
There's a telly-ish feel to much of A Street Cat Named Bob, an attempt to sanitise life on the streets... But it's impossible to watch a film about a happy-ending story like James and Bob's without a warm glow.
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The Times
Contains the feline performance of the year, as the ginger tom Bob (playing himself) becomes the unexpected mascot and saviour of a homeless busker.
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Stuff
A completely watchable, occasionally quite moving and very unexpectedly gritty little film.
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Little White Lies
It's a family film that raises real issues in a sensitive way. And for that it should be praised.
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Hollywood Reporter
What is especially honorable about the adaptation is that while it does try to show things literally from Bob's point of view from time to time, it's doesn't over-anthropomorphize him or ascribe to him any mystical or magical powers.
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Empire Magazine
Has its heart in the right place but doesn't quite land on a tone to unite hard hitting drama and a cat-based comedy.
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