Considered one of the worst films of all time, "Cats" has made its way to Netflix for streaming.
The movie musical amassed overwhelmingly negative reviews from fans and critics despite the star-studded ensemble cast.
'Cats' Streaming on Netflix
Netflix has added the movie adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical to its roster of films available for streaming in the United States. (via Unilad)
Following the announcement, many fans have taken to social media to ridicule the addition of the film, with some saying that they would be canceling their subscription because of the bad move.
"not even taylor or the rest of the 5-star cast can tempt me to watch this and i usually love musicals . it doesn't look watchable at all," a user said on Reddit.
"Okay, but how drunk/high do I need to be before putting this movie on?" another asked.
"Genuinely watching this movie was one of the most surreal moments of my life. It's absolutely god awful but in some sort of really bizarre hypnotizing way where I actually felt that I had some sort of experience when it ended. And yes I was extremely high when I watched it," someone wrote.
'Cats' Negative Reviews, Poor Box-Office
"Cats," which had a budget of $80-100 million, only bagged $75 million in revenue, making it the biggest bomb in movie history.
The Tom Hooper-directed movie received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and fans alike, that even a star-studded ensemble cast could not have salvaged it.
The likes of Dame Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Wilson, James Corden, Jason Derulo, and even Taylor Swift were in the film.
"one of those once-in-a-blue-moon embarrassments that mars the résumés of great actors (poor Idris Elba, already scarred enough as the villainous Macavity) and trips up the careers of promising newcomers (like ballerina Francesca Hayward, whose wide-eyed, mouth-agape Victoria displays one expression for the entire movie)," Variety said in a scathing review.
"With its grotesque design choices and busy, metronomic editing, Cats is as uneasy on the eyes as a Hollywood spectacle can be, tumbling into an uncanny valley between mangy realism and dystopian artifice," The Los Angeles Times said.
Andrew Lloyd-Webber, the creator of the musical, was also critical of the film, saying in an interview, "The problem with the film was that Tom Hooper decided that he didn't want anybody involved in it who was involved in the original show."
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