Cat Person (film)

Cat Person is a 2023 black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Susanna Fogel from a screenplay by Michelle Ashford, based on the 2017 short story of the same name by Kristen Roupenian. The film stars Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, and Isabella Rossellini.

Cat Person
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySusanna Fogel
Screenplay byMichelle Ashford
Based on"Cat Person"
by Kristen Roupenian
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyManuel Billeter
Edited byJacob Craycroft
Music byHeather McIntosh
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 21, 2023 (2023-01-21) (Sundance)
  • October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[2]
Box office$50,652[3][4]

Cat Person premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023, and was released in the United States on October 6, by Rialto Pictures.

Premise

20-year-old sophomore college student Margot has a brief relationship with Robert, an older man who frequently visits the movie theater where she works.

Cast

Production

"Cat Person" is a viral 2017 short story written by Kristen Roupenian for The New Yorker. On June 20, 2021, StudioCanal and Imperative Entertainment announced they would be partnering in adapting the short story into a psychological thriller, with Susanna Fogel directing from a screenplay by Michelle Ashford, and Nicholas Braun and Emilia Jones attached to star.[5] In October 2021, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Michael Gandolfini, Liza Koshy, Fred Melamed, Isaac Cole Powell, Isabella Rossellini, and Donald Elise Watkins joined the cast.[6][7] Production began on October 14, 2021.[7] Filming took place in Jersey City[8] and Newark, New Jersey.[9]

Release

Cat Person premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023.[10] It was released in the United States by Rialto Pictures on October 6, 2023.[11]

Following its Sundance premiere, it received distribution offers from Netflix, Bleecker Street and Open Road Films, none of which satisfied the financiers.[12][13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 44% of 88 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Feasting fancifully on its own coarse innovations, Cat Person is a drawn-out adaptation that doesn't land on its feet."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[15]

References
  1. "Program Guide". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  2. Belloni, Matthew (February 13, 2023). "A "Catastrophic" Sundance for the 'Cat Person' Movie". Puck. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. "Cat Person (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  4. "Cat Person (2023)". The Numbers. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  5. Wiseman, Andreas (June 20, 2021). "Cat Person: Emilia Jones & Nicholas Braun To Star In Short Story Adaptation For Studiocanal & Imperative — Cannes Market". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  6. Kroll, Justin (October 7, 2021). "Geraldine Viswanathan Joins Studiocanal and New Yorker Studios' Cat Person". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  7. Kroll, Justin (October 14, 2021). "Hope Davis, Michael Gandolfini, Liza Koshy & Others Round Out Cast Of Studiocanal & New Yorker Studios' Cat Person". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  8. "Nicholas Braun (Cousin Greg) is filming 'Cat Person' movie in N.J." NJ.com. October 28, 2021.
  9. "These 15 movies were filmed, produced in N.J. towns last year. See if yours made the list". August 7, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  10. D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (December 7, 2022). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Set With Ukraine War, Little Richard, Michael J. Fox, Judy Blume Docs; Pics With Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke, Jonathan Majors; More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  11. McArdle, Tommy (August 24, 2023). "Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun Star in Trailer for 'Cat Person' Based on Viral Short Story (Exclusive)". People. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  12. Belloni, Matthew (February 13, 2023). "A "Catastrophic" Sundance for the 'Cat Person' Movie". Puck. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  13. Seigh, Steve (February 14, 2023). "Sundance: Magazine Dreams goes to Searchlight, Cat Person may lose millions". JoBlo.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  14. "Cat Person". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  15. "Cat Person". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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