A Street Cat Named Bob

Name: A Street Cat Named Bob
Genre: Biography, Drama, Comedy, Family
Released: November 18, 2016
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Anthony Head, Bob the Cat, Joanne Froggatt, Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas

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| Release Date: November 18, 2016 | Not Rated

Starring: Anthony Head, Bob the Cat, Joanne Froggatt, Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas

Summary: A Street Cat Named Bob tells the moving and life-affirming true story of the unlikely friendship between a young homeless busker, James Bowen, and the stray ginger cat named Bob who changed his life.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Comedy, Family

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Lawrence Toppman

Nov 23, 2016

Treadaway gives a restrained performance that never begs for pity but earns plenty; he shows the day-to-day difficulty of living without simple necessities while retaining hope and dignity. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

Nov 8, 2016

While Bob does slink around some predictable narrative beats, this is still a slyly subversive film with a social point to make as it highlights James’s isolation in a cold, hard-faced London which responds better to animals than its hopeless humans. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 17, 2016

Veteran director Roger Spottiswoode, whose output has been spotty in recent years, returns to form with a perfectly weighted redemptive story that engages the heart without shying away from the darker aspects of Bowen’s recovery. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Nov 8, 2016

Unpretentiously touching on the page, this material feels stretched a bit thin on film, with televisual production values and a samey song score doing little to enrich matters: Still, it’s sweetly hopeful . Read full review

Jane Crowther

Nov 8, 2016

Bob has spawned multiple books, but what works on the page seems slight on screen. That’s not to say it isn’t life-affirming, it’s just not quite the cat’s pyjamas. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Nov 8, 2016

A film that admirably tries to remain true to the slightly gritty spirit of its source material. Unfortunately, it also occasionally sprays the wall with maudlin touches and misjudged additions to the story. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Nov 17, 2016

Cute little fellow, but unfortunately, the film in which he stars is little more than catnip. Read full review

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ryannuralif

Nov 30, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i love the movie it makes me cry.the ending was pretty good i wish BOB long live… Expand