Cats (2019 film)

Cats is a 2019 musical fantasy film based on the 1981 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn was based on the poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) by T. S. Eliot. The film was directed by Tom Hooper, in his second feature musical following Les Misérables (2012), from a screenplay by Lee Hall and Hooper. It features an ensemble cast, including James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, and Francesca Hayward.
Filming for Cats took place from December 2018 to April 2019. It was theatrically released in the United Kingdom and the United States on 20 December 2019, by Universal Pictures. The film was significantly panned by critics, who criticised its visual effects, editing, cat design, acting performances, plot and screenplay. However, some critics praised Swift's performance, the visual aspects (particularly the production design) and soundtrack, as well as Hudson's rendition of "Memory". It is considered by some to be one of the worst films ever made. The film was also a box-office bomb, grossing $75 million on a budget of $80–100 million, and is estimated to have lost Universal Pictures approximately $114 million.
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