P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!
TLA Releasing | Release Date: January 17, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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60
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
It's Boyar who’s the find here, though, a gently magnetic presence who's all the more impressive for being thoroughly riveting despite spending most of the movie face-down on a counter. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
The performances are solid, but as a screenwriter, Guttenberg can't make the situation seem like more than a theatrical construct in a contemporary setting. Read full review
50
Village VoiceElliott Stein
Intermittently engaging and moving, P.S. has gathered a bit of dust over the years. Still, it's nicely acted by the small cast. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
If the movie wasn't about an actor but instead about an insurance salesman or a plumber who looked like James Gandolfini, it might come off better. But then, who says a plumber would care either? Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Despite strong portrayals by Guttenberg and his co-star, Lombardo Boyar, and sequences that attempt to open the play up, it remains too much a filmed play, and worse, one that has not been effectively paced. As a result, it doesn't come alive until it's drawing to a close that's unexpectedly touching, if more than a little sentimental, but too late to redeem the preceding tedium. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Mr. Guttenberg's direction of "Cat," is competent and unadorned, bringing out whatever qualities the text possesses -- mainly good-naturedness. Read full review
40
VarietyDennis Harvey
Lacking the knockout lead perfs or more whimsical tone that might have transcended script's dubious logic, pic comes off as a so-so theatrical stunt delivered via the wrong medium. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Doesn't play on the screen. P.S. Your Cat is Dead is a stage-locked, two-character play on a static set, and though Guttenberg takes it outside for a couple of scenes, it remains that on film. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Boyar's best efforts -- which are quite good -- can't begin to compensate for Guttenberg's grotesque excesses or make the weirdly warm relationship that develops between them convincing, let alone appealing. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Feels so moldy and out of date. Read full review
10
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Guttenberg adapts James Kirkwood Jr.'s humanist black comedy -- and drains all the recognizable humanity out of it, turning it into a morose, unlikable reflection of its sad-sack lead character. Read full review
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