Nine Lives
EuropaCorp USA | Release Date: August 5, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
11
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
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1
Negative:
15
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonAug 5, 2016
Yes, Nine Lives is dumb. Yes, it’s for very young kids. Yes, Lil Bub has a cameo. And yes, I giggled anyway. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 9, 2016
As crass as it is, I’ve seen worse. Read full review
30
TheWrapDave WhiteAug 5, 2016
In addition to listless direction from Sonnenfeld, and an overall feeling of cheapness and carelessness, Nine Lives also suffers from incoherence. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyAug 5, 2016
Boasting no less than five credited screenwriters, the film is like an exquisite-corpse exercise in kiddie-movie plotting. Read full review
25
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 5, 2016
Cats may have nine lives, but you only get one, and it’s too precious to waste on this drivel. Read full review
20
Total FilmKen McIntyreDec 20, 2016
By the end you will quite possibly hate cats, Spacey, and the ’80s. Read full review
20
The TelegraphRobbie CollinAug 17, 2016
Nothing here looks like a genuine interaction between real human beings: Spacey may be the first actor to give a comedic performance in which his own smile looks like it had to be green-screened in at a later date. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 7, 2016
The most disappointing thing is that Nine Lives doesn’t even dare to be an audacious mess. It’s a Frankenstein’s monster of Hollywood’s worst instincts, a movie made with a math formula where its vision should have been. Read full review
20
The GuardianNigel M SmithAug 7, 2016
It’s lazy on every level. Read full review
20
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 4, 2016
Nine Lives is a lot like a cat: It occasionally bestirs itself, and it would like to be stroked with love, but mostly it just sits there. It’s a pet farce so flat it makes you long for the Lubitsch touch of the “Alvin” comedies. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganAug 5, 2016
Watching these videos of actual cats, all of whom have racked up countless views on YouTube, just serves to underscore how unfunny and neutered Nine Lives actually is. Read full review
10
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 6, 2016
The film, derivative (see “The Shaggy Dog” of 2006) and devoid of wit, is about that tiredest of kid-movie clichés, the parent who is too busy for his children and must be taught a lesson. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 4, 2016
This is a family movie about cats? Please, somebody tell the three separate teams of screenwriters credited with penning this thing. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAug 10, 2016
The dialogue is enough to make your hair stand on end. Read full review
0
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaAug 5, 2016
Let’s just say I have been to wakes that have elicited more laughs. Read full review
0
Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 5, 2016
At 87 torturous, laugh-free minutes, the film could change the most avid cat fancier into a kitty hater. Read full review
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