Cats (2019)
nikkimckelvy -8 points 5 years ago.

The director clearly understands how to get emotion out of his actors and CGI more than telling a story. I will grant everyone that. The CGI is beautiful. The acting is beautiful, but the music itself is butchered. Several of my favorite songs are either bowdlerized or missing completely. The dancing is fantastic, but the numerous problems and loose ends with the script make the movie laughably bad in some areas. “Memory” still makes me cry. There are many areas where the play could have been improved. If it had gone the other direction, this would have been much better than the play, and I love the play. In musicals, less is not more. More is more. The editing really harms the film, but the terrific acting, dancing, and CGI make up for it.