Murder of a Cat

2014

Action / Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 30% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 30% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 1853 1.9K

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Plot summary

When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta, and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated.

Director

Gillian Greene Photo
Gillian Greene

Top cast

Leonardo Nam Photo
Leonardo Nam as Yi Kim
J.K. Simmons Photo
J.K. Simmons as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Ted Raimi Photo
Ted Raimi as Young Sheriff
Tom Yi Photo
Tom Yi as Rogin Kim
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928.58 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles dk   sv   no   fi  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 1
1.86 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles dk   sv   no   fi  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by vchimpanzee

Wacky mystery/adventure with some substance

This is a goofy mystery/adventure, but it isn't just funny. The drama adds something to it. We learn a lot about various characters, and the movie ends up having more substance than one would expect.Fran Kranz, who is a man, makes an appealing loser.J.K. Simmons delivers his usual great performance. His best line is in a scene where he denies working with Clinton.Clinton looks like Bronson Pinchot went to Howard Wolowitz's barber, though later he looks more grown-up, resembling Andy Samberg.Nikki Reed is also very good. The best example is her grief over the loss of her cat, which is quite genuine and not funny at all.Leonardo Nam shows a lot more range to his character than just the stoned wacko we meet at the store. Is he crafty like Eddie Haskell, or is the guy at the store not the real Yi?Greg Kinnear is very good as the celebrity store manager known for his outrageous commercials. But he is so much more than that.Even Blythe Danner seems at home here. She has a reputation, but then so does J.K. Simmons, and both of them add so much to what could have been merely silly.And the music is great. Most of it is some type of jazz, with the "film noir" style with muted trumpet the most common.It's really worth seeing.
Reviewed by danieljfarthing 6 / 10

Unremarkable, silly indie dramedy-thriller with some decent performances

In 2014's silly indie dramedy-thriller "Murder Of A Cat" odd-ball loner Fran Kranz (Bradley Cooper-lite) lives in a cosy corner of LA with mum Blythe Danner & his cat... but in probing (with, reluctantly, cop JK Simmons) the latter's murder via a cross-bow bolt he gets drawn into a thin small-town crime plot involving the likes of Nikki Reed (good), Greg Kinnear & Leonardo Nam. Christian Magalhaes & debutant Robert Snow's screenplay is light but ambitiously tries crossing a few genres, and debut director Gillian Greene brings it home decently enough on what appears to be a shoestring budget. It's unremarkable fare, though does have some likeable performances. Meh.
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