Review of The Three Lives of Thomasina

A charming film with an interesting story, beautifully filmed mainly on location is Scotland and well performed by all the actors. It is ostensibly about Thomasina the cat (portrayed by several talented cats and the voice of Elspeth March) but there is more to it than that with themes of love and bereavement and trust that are woven seamlessly into the narrative. Patrick McGoohan is sterling as the buttoned up vet Andrew McDui and Susan Hampshire is radiant as the so-called witch Lori MacGregor. Many scenes are devoted to the child actors and they are all ideal. Standing out though is Karen Dotrice as Mary, making her serious scenes particularly poignant without sentimentality. A perfect family movie. Far better than the stuff Disney churns out these days.