Saw this at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
"Cat Person" is a story about the brief relationship between a twenty-year-old sophomore college student Margot, and an older man Robert, who is a regular at the movie theater where Margot works. Based on a short story, Cat Person clearly is portraying about online dating and the uses of modern technology in our life time. While there are some good camerawork throughout the entire film, the film was unbearable as it's filled with cliche tropes and an unlikeable character.
Director Susanna Fogel seems to struggle with the direction as the film couldn't really understand what it wants to be. Whether it wants to be a horror, thriller, dark comedy or such, the film relies on an uneven tone, extremely predictable narrative and poorly written characters. The character of Margot is unlikeable and extremely annoying alongside with the other characters. The dialogue that was spoken from the cast members felt fake and laughable as if I was watching a Dhar Mann project. None of the performances was good and even Isabella Rossellini wasn't able to save the film from falling apart.
The production felt cheap, the soundtrack was annoying and Fogel's direction was quite all over the place. The film doesn't do much to offer anything special. It takes what could have been an interesting concept about satirical look on online dating and instead turns into a dull and annoying mess. Actor Emilia Jones has been in some good films before but unfortunately she didn't do much to offer anything special for this movie. It was one of the weaker films I had seen at Sundance.
Rating: D.
"Cat Person" is a story about the brief relationship between a twenty-year-old sophomore college student Margot, and an older man Robert, who is a regular at the movie theater where Margot works. Based on a short story, Cat Person clearly is portraying about online dating and the uses of modern technology in our life time. While there are some good camerawork throughout the entire film, the film was unbearable as it's filled with cliche tropes and an unlikeable character.
Director Susanna Fogel seems to struggle with the direction as the film couldn't really understand what it wants to be. Whether it wants to be a horror, thriller, dark comedy or such, the film relies on an uneven tone, extremely predictable narrative and poorly written characters. The character of Margot is unlikeable and extremely annoying alongside with the other characters. The dialogue that was spoken from the cast members felt fake and laughable as if I was watching a Dhar Mann project. None of the performances was good and even Isabella Rossellini wasn't able to save the film from falling apart.
The production felt cheap, the soundtrack was annoying and Fogel's direction was quite all over the place. The film doesn't do much to offer anything special. It takes what could have been an interesting concept about satirical look on online dating and instead turns into a dull and annoying mess. Actor Emilia Jones has been in some good films before but unfortunately she didn't do much to offer anything special for this movie. It was one of the weaker films I had seen at Sundance.
Rating: D.