Underrated! Pre-paid bad publicity?

perfectly cast as the self centered, uber successful business man, content to neglect his family. The film is funny with several laugh out loud moments. You don't have to be a cat lover to like the film but for those cat lovers out there you will recognize several famous cats. Overall it is a very enjoyable film. Go see it!

guy obsessed with building a giant tower with his name on it, who likes to fly through the air and land on his tower. So basically he's Tony Stark as a dad. How would Tony Stark be as a dad? Well, not that great. Until he learns to embrace cat-hood. I think this movie may have been mis-marketed a bit. All the previous that ran ahead of it were kids' movies. But the person the viewer is supposed to identify with is the parent. There are kids in the movie, but the dad-cat is the character who has a growth and redemption arc and is the focus of most of the scenes. The movie deals with some serious subjects such as death and divorce. The plot turns on knowing the meaning and significance of terms like "articles of incorporation" which you will need to be able to read off the screen and immediately understand to get what's going on, so younger kids might not be able to follow all of what's happening in the plot. They'll still enjoy the cat antics, though.I loved the destructive cat stuff: the jumping around, knocking things over, scratching things up and scratching people up and I literally laughed out loud a few times. I think I laughed the loudest when Mr. Fuzzypants peed in Brand's ex-wife's purse. There were some internet celebrity cats featured in the movie, too. It was hilarious! Go see it if you like cats.

CGI graphics and an affinity for animal movies made this a movie I wanted to go see. Sure, the ending was mostly predictable, but I laughed through most of the movie. I believe Spacey did a good job with the role and Christopher Walken once again works the role of "creepy character actor" to its full extent.In a summer where comic book remakes like "Suicide Squad" and "Avengers:Age of Ultron" will be much bigger box office hits and a movie like "Sausage Party" draws ANYBODY to the theater...."Nine Lives" offers something that you DON'T see every 3 months....family fun.

for the ride. The parents next to me who commented during the previews...of that's gonna be 2 hours that I'll never get back really seemed please with this film.I did enjoy it so much more that Secret Life of Pets.

film. We wanted an enjoyable family, summer movie and we got it!! PLEASE go watch this movie! It's a great last hurrah before school starts :

mean trashing, this film. Now that they have had their opinions and comments, everyone has a right to MY opinions and comments. Here are a few... I grew up going to see Disney live action family comedy/fantasy films such as The Shaggy Dog to which this film is similar , The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, the Love Bug films and so on. I think the great theatre actress Helen Hayes was in a Love Bug. Were these Oscar caliber films? No, they were made to be good family entertainment. Did Oscar award winning actors appear in them...you bet your life they did. If in doubt, check IMDb for the casts of Disney live action films made in the 50's 60's and 70's. I liked the characters in the film, their connections to each other, and the love shown throughout the film. Note: I am not mentioning Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Garner et al. here, because I saw them as characters not actors. One of the criticisms of the film is that some critics could not believe a certain actor s would make this kind of film or play that kind of part. That is not a criticism. Actors play all kinds of characters. It's their job. So I look at how well they played the characters. Were the characters believable? I admit there is some broad character acting. This is not uncommon, however, in a fantasy/comedy, especially one playing to a kid audience. So taking this into consideration—were they believable for a comedy/fantasy film? Yes. Back to what I liked about the characters--I loved that the daughter clearly loved BOTH her mother and her neglectful father. I loved that the ex wife and wife, both very different people, were friends. I loved that the older step brother loved his younger step sister, loved his father and was loyal to him despite the rude things his father said to him. I loved that family love remained constant, although wavering at times, even when the head of the family had a difficult time sharing his love with them. In a cynical world, this kind of family love does not exist, but we can hope for it.Third, I liked the story. Nine Lives is a comedy but it is also a fantasy. I think this is what some of the critics forget. Fantasy requires that we believe things that may not be possible or logical. If we believe all the things Harry Potter and his friends did, why can't we believe a man could change places with a cat to learn a lesson. By the way, one of the professors in Harry Potter could change into a cat…and she was an Academy Award/Emmy winner. I do think the business story about the tallest building was weak, but I think that may matter more to adults than kids. And, who knows it might be the kind of thing that might matter to someone like, say...Mr. Trump. This part of the story gave an opportunity for the villain s to be established, and again for the son to show his loyalty and love for his father and his father's ultimate love for him. Fourth, and this is a personal/technical thing...it was not animated, except for CG effects. I love animated films. Some of my favorite films are animated. In fact there was 15 minutes of nothing but animated film previews before this film started. I felt it was nice to see actual humans...and cats...for a change. Thankfully, too, the cat's mouth is not animated to look like it's talking. There is no Academy Award to-be-nominated song, although I did like "Three Cool Cats".So I can't trash this film. It made me laugh. It made me feel good. The underlying message is simple, love your family...if you are human, you only live once so do it right. And if this message is cliché, it can't be said enough, especially in these times. So, if just this is enough motivation for you or you and your kids to see it...Don't paws, go! PS: By the way, real cats are not allowed in the movie theatre. They will need to wait for the DVD. But I hear that stuffed toy cats are welcome.

Box-Office: i wish the powers that be would NOT talk about films in terms of money made but tickets sold. the money figures will always get bigger as inflation is a fact of life. But are films selling as many tickets as they used to? End of rant.