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Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat

2005

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Casuistry: The Art of Killing a Cat

Movie Details & Credits

Release Date: April 27, 2005

Summary: This documentary scratches its way beneath the surface of an infamous Toronto animal cruelty case, deftly exploring the opaque logic surrounding this macabre act. (Rough Age Projectiles)

Director: Zev Asher

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 91 min

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Metascore

Critic Reviews

75

New York Post

V.A. Musetto

Make no mistake: Casuistry isn't easy to watch. Cat lovers might be especially turned off. But Asher had every right to make it, and you have every right to see it. Read full review

70

The Hollywood Reporter

Frank Scheck

Tells a fascinatingly lurid tale. Read full review

50

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Without any deeper consideration of the matter, the film is a grueling experience, and 90 minutes is simply far too long to spend in the company of Jesse Power. Read full review

50

The A.V. Club

Noel Murray

The documentary is fair-minded but vague, and disturbing only when it describes the cat-killing in gruesome detail...Someone should take another crack at this story. Call it "The Art Of Killing Of A Movie." Read full review

40

Village Voice

Mark Peranson

In deliberate, clinical fashion, Zev Asher's documentary catches up with a notorious Canadian case of art versus animal cruelty. Read full review

40

The New York Times

Lawrence Van Gelder

The offending videotape is never seen, but the entire film is built around its absence. Periodically, the film returns to a written police account of the video, which scrolls up the screen, documenting the animal's suffering blow by blow to the sound of ominous music. Read full review

30

Variety

Dennis Harvey

Too underground in feel. Read full review

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HumaneHuman

Aug 11, 2006

I'd like to see a 91 minute movie of Jesse Powers and his two buddies being made into "Art" .

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