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Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. With Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell , Cheryl Hines. A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of. Nine Lives is a comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Gwyn Lurie, Matt R. Allen, Caleb Wilson, Dan Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin, and starring .
There's a low ceiling for a film like this. It might be a hit, on DVD, with families, but it's something that they are gonna forget within a week, when the next Pixar movie, or something else far more important, comes out. The next David Mamet is not gonna be discovered from a film like this, that's just the way it is.
Which is why these films play out the way they often do. These are unimportant films and those are the kinds of films where laziness is king.
Their film isn't really gonna make an impact, so what's the point? I'm going hard on this angle, but that's just the truth of the matter. That's not to say that the movie doesn't have its moments or that it's downright awful, because it does and it's not. The problem is that those very few moments are only worth chuckles and not real, legit laughter. Kevin Spacey is phoning in his performance, for sure, but he's doing a better job at hiding that he's phoning it in. Jennifer Garner is there and deserves better. So does Christopher Walken, but he's one of the few appealing characters in the entire film.
I don't know what else to say quite frankly. This is still a very bad movie by anyone's standards, but it's not the end-all, be-all of awful movies. That award would still go to The Room. Even though The Room is worse, by a goddamn country mile, I still got more enjoyment from than from this movie. That should tell you something. Yes it isn't very good, yes it's a predictable and not so very good storyline but it's still a heart warming and amusing movie! Kids can easily see this and love it because they're just kids.
They'll learn to know the movie's flaws once they grow up.
In short, Nine Lives goes straight to the litter box. More Top Movies Trailers. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Black Panther Dominates Honorees. Trending on RT Avengers: Post Share on Facebook. View All Videos 3. His eponymous company FireBrand is nearing completion on its greatest achievement to date - the tallest skyscraper in the northern hemisphere. But Tom's workaholic lifestyle has disconnected him from his family, particularly his beautiful wife Lara Jennifer Garner and his adoring daughter Rebecca Malina Weissman. Rebecca's 11th birthday is here, and she wants the gift she wants every year, a cat.
Tom hates cats, but he is without a gift and time is running out. His GPS directs him to a mystical pet store brimming with odd and exotic cats- where the store's eccentric owner- Felix Perkins Christopher Walken , presents him with a majestic tomcat, named Mr. En route to his daughter's party, Tom has a terrible accident. When he regains consciousness he discovers that somehow, he has become trapped inside the body of the cat. Adopted by his own family, he begins to experience what life is truly like for the family pet, and as a cat, Tom begins to see his family and his life through a new and unexpected perspective.
Meanwhile, his family adjusts to life with an odd and stubborn cat, and his son David Robbie Amell , steps up in ways Tom never expected. If any hope exists of returning to his family as the husband and father they deserve, Tom will have to learn why he has been placed in this peculiar situation and the great lengths he must go to earn back his human existence. Kevin Spacey as Tom Brand. Jennifer Garner as Lara.
Christopher Walken as Felix Grant. Malina Weissman as Rebecca. Teddy Sears as Josh. Talitha Bateman as Nicole. Jay Patterson as Benson. Robbie Amell as David. But I was pleasantly surprised. This movie won't win any Oscars, but its a reasonable kids movie.
Kids liked it, and I was OK with it. Yes, the plot is predictable, and the jokes are pretty flat, but they are geared toward 10 year olds and adults who really like cats, and that is what is expected from a kids movie about a cat. If you hate cats, well, don't see it, see "Shaggy Dog" instead, its virtually the same plot, except its a different type of a pet. I think this movie is OK and I look forward to seeing new incarnations of the same plot in the future movies, such as "Being Goldie" hint, hint movie studio, in about 10 years we will be ready for another one of those plots.
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The parents' guide to what's in this movie. Kids might learn a little about the myths surrounding cats -- their nine lives, etc.
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