Nine Lives-Kids’ Movie Review
Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey) built a successful business empire from scratch, though he spends more time at work than with the family. He has a beautiful wife, Lara (Jennifer Garner) who struggles with her absent husband as he’s not home much; an adult son, David (Robbie Amell), who works for the family business and wants to make his dad proud; and an 11- year old daughter, Rebecca (Malina Weissman), who absolutely idolizes her father. Tom’s life dramatically changes on his daughter’s 11th birthday when Rebecca asks for a cat. Tom went to a mysterious pet store to buy her a soft cuddly cat. After leaving the store he gets in an accident and wakes up in the body of the cat he had just purchased. Tom is now living at home as his daughter’s pet cat. As a cat he eventually realizes the more important role he has as a husband and father, and observes all he’s missed out on. Tom desperately wants to be a human once again and spend more time with his family, but first he must figure out what he has to do before he can be transformed from the pet cat to the man of the house.
Rating: 4 and 1/2 popcorn buckets out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: November 1, 2016
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 7+
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
- The message highlighted throughout the film is the importance of being around for your family and involved in their lives.
- There is a lot of potty humor throughout the film especially with the cat urinating on a rug and in a woman’s purse.
Sexual Content: None
Violent/Disturbing Content: Mild
- We see two characters fall from a high rise.
Crude or Profane Language: Mild
- We hear “d–n.”
Drug and Alcohol Content: Moderate
- A woman is shown drinking martinis and Scotch throughout the film.
- The cat version of Tom gets into the alcohol as well and ends up drinking a little too much.
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Overall this is a fun entertaining film for the whole family.
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