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  • 2003
  • R
  • TLA Releasing
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • TLA Releasing
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary Two desperate men, thrown together one New Year's Eve when their lives have crumbled, willing to kill each other, until they discover that each is the other's only salvation. (TLA Releasing)

Directed By: Steve Guttenberg

Written By: James Kirkwood Jr., Jeff Korn, Derek Vaughn, Steve Guttenberg

  • 2003
  • R
  • TLA Releasing
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • TLA Releasing
  • 1 h 32 m

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Two desperate men, thrown together one New Year's Eve when their lives have crumbled, willing to kill each other, until they discover that each is the other's only salvation. (TLA Releasing)

Directed By: Steve Guttenberg

Written By: James Kirkwood Jr., Jeff Korn, Derek Vaughn, Steve Guttenberg

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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60
It's Boyar who’s the find here, though, a gently magnetic presence who's all the more impressive for being thoroughly riveting despite spending most of the movie face-down on a counter.
By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert FULL REVIEW
50
The performances are solid, but as a screenwriter, Guttenberg can't make the situation seem like more than a theatrical construct in a contemporary setting.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
42
If the movie wasn't about an actor but instead about an insurance salesman or a plumber who looked like James Gandolfini, it might come off better. But then, who says a plumber would care either?
By Kim Morgan FULL REVIEW
40
Lacking the knockout lead perfs or more whimsical tone that might have transcended script's dubious logic, pic comes off as a so-so theatrical stunt delivered via the wrong medium.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
38
Doesn't play on the screen. P.S. Your Cat is Dead is a stage-locked, two-character play on a static set, and though Guttenberg takes it outside for a couple of scenes, it remains that on film.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
30
Boyar's best efforts -- which are quite good -- can't begin to compensate for Guttenberg's grotesque excesses or make the weirdly warm relationship that develops between them convincing, let alone appealing.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
10
Guttenberg adapts James Kirkwood Jr.'s humanist black comedy -- and drains all the recognizable humanity out of it, turning it into a morose, unlikable reflection of its sad-sack lead character.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 User Ratings
3.4
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 User Ratings
3.4
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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50% Negative
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Production Company Mr. Kirby Productions
Release Date Jan 17, 2003
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
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Tagline Life. Love. And a little payback
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