The Cat's Meow

  • Horror Sub-Genre: Historical Thriller
  • Release Year: 2001
  • Runtime: 1 Hour 52 Minutes
  • Rating: PG-13
  • Star Rating: 3.5 Stars
    • In 1924, a glamorous group of Hollywood elite - including Charlie Chaplin, Marion Davies, and producer Thomas Ince - gather aboard the luxury yacht of billionaire tycoon William Randolph Hearst for a weekend party. As jealousy, desperate business deals, and illicit affairs reach a boiling point in the claustrophobic confines of the vessel, an accidental, cold-blooded murder takes place, prompting a massive, psychological cover-up that changes the history of cinema forever. 

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What Critics Are Saying About "The Cat's Meow"

  • "Bogdanovich ruefully links the allure of classic Hollywood and the ruthlessness of its potentates." - Richard Brody, The New Yorker
  • "The strongest achievement of The Cat's Meow may be the performances, especially those of Kirsten Dunst (Davies), Edward Herrmann (Hearst) and even Eddie Izzard (Chaplin)." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
  • "The visually stylish, if narratively stodgy, film is a parable of Hollywood success and personal failure told with authority..." - Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer