The Cat's Meow

Name: The Cat's Meow
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: April 12, 2002
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Cary Elwes, Kirsten Dunst

2002

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Lions Gate Films | Release Date: April 12, 2002 | PG-13

Starring: Cary Elwes, Kirsten Dunst

Summary: An extraordinary look at a fateful excursion of "fun and frolic" aboard William Randolph Hearst's private yacht in November of 1924 that brought together some of the century's best known personalities and resulted in a still-unsolved, hushed-up killing. (Lions Gate Films)

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 114 min

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Peter Travers

Elegant, funny and unexpectedly touching, this whodunit about a murder aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst represents a bracing comeback for Peter Bogdanovich. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

If it speaks with a quieter voice than many of Bogdanovich's early pictures, what it has to say seems substantially more personal and thoughtful. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Bogdanovich adds touches to appeal to serious film fans. Read full review

Charles Taylor

If there were any justice in the world, The Cat's Meow would be the beginning of the rehabilitation of Davies' image. Read full review

Rick Groen

The result is good gossip, entertainingly delivered, yet with a distinctly musty odour, its expiry date long gone. Read full review

Shawn Levy

Swell when it purrs, when the three top stars are in full form, but it spits and hisses and screeches too often to take full hold. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

The script is dead in the water, and most of the misanthropic repartee rings resoundingly false.

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