The Cat in Their Arms (2018) User Reviews

artsy Japanese light movie

[Hombredelfuturo · 5/10 · 10 March 2019]

...is not necessary so much time to tell this tale but normally the Japanese films last about two hours. This is a unique movie in the sense that mix different styles and ideas. Mainly is all done like a Theater montage but in motion I am in the opinion that there are more than one point of view for what is going on but do not see any resolution at all; actually this is normally with these types of tales. Is not possible to see what happens in the other side of the door. I think it could be good for a teenager or less aged watchers. Mineta San is an actor that I really like and follow but in this role is not in his best.

Offbeat, artsy, but interesting

[jamesrupert2014 · 7/10 · 30 June 2023]

Saori Oishi (Erika Sawajiri) a former singer in a 'one-hit-wonder' girl-group, along with her grey cat Yoshio (sometimes played by Ryo Yoshizawa), is hiding from reminders of her past as a check-out clerk at a grocery store when she meets Tamotsu Goto (Kazunobu Mineta), a 'failed' painter and his calico cat Kiiro Yellow (sometimes played by Kom I.). The light-weight film is a mix of realism, fantasy, theatrics (a number of scenes are filmed stage sets), and animation. The numerous cats in the film switch from animals to people who offer their perspectives on what's going on (not in cat costumes but 'colour coded' e.g. Kom wears yellow pants, a white shirt, and a black vest when embodying the calico cat). I watched the film with English subtitles on an airplane, so not an ideal venue, but I quite liked it. Tentatively recommended (but I'm unsure to whom, disclaimer: I m a 'cat person').