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.
- 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
Reviews & comments
A gritty tale of drug recovery with a ginger moggie called Bob.
It sounds like a Disney-style pet-hero tale, but A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) is anything but cute. It’s a harrowing and ultimately heart-warming true story of a recovering drug-addict desperately trying to reclaim his life with all the odds stacked against him. Shunned by human society, his saviour is a ginger moggie called Bob. James Bowen (Luke...
Variety
pressIt'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.
Total Film
pressWhat 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.
Time Out
pressThere'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.
The Times
pressContains the feline performance of the year, as the ginger tom Bob (playing himself) becomes the unexpected mascot and saviour of a homeless busker.
Stuff
pressA completely watchable, occasionally quite moving and very unexpectedly gritty little film.
Little White Lies
pressIt's a family film that raises real issues in a sensitive way. And for that it should be praised.
Hollywood Reporter
pressWhat 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.
Empire Magazine
pressHas its heart in the right place but doesn't quite land on a tone to unite hard hitting drama and a cat-based comedy.
Variety
pressIt'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.
Total Film
pressWhat 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.
Time Out
pressThere'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.
The Times
pressContains the feline performance of the year, as the ginger tom Bob (playing himself) becomes the unexpected mascot and saviour of a homeless busker.
Stuff
pressA completely watchable, occasionally quite moving and very unexpectedly gritty little film.
Little White Lies
pressIt's a family film that raises real issues in a sensitive way. And for that it should be praised.
Hollywood Reporter
pressWhat 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.
Empire Magazine
pressHas its heart in the right place but doesn't quite land on a tone to unite hard hitting drama and a cat-based comedy.
A gritty tale of drug recovery with a ginger moggie called Bob.
It sounds like a Disney-style pet-hero tale, but A Street Cat Named Bob (2016) is anything but cute. It’s a harrowing and ultimately heart-warming true story of a recovering drug-addict desperately trying to reclaim his life with all the odds stacked against him. Shunned by human society, his saviour is a ginger moggie called Bob. James Bowen (Luke...
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