OUT NOW CERT G / 110 MINS
DIRECTOR Tom Hooper
CAST James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Francesca Hayward
PLOT A cat named Victoria (Hayward) is abandoned in a London alleyway. There, she meets the ‘Jellicle cats’, who all attend the ‘Jellicle Ball’, hoping to earn the honour of the ‘Jellicle Choice’ which will transport them into the afterlife. But the ‘Napoleon Of Crime’, Macavity (Elba), has other plans.
WHERE TO BEGIN with Cats ? Ever since it was announced that Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper would adapt the long-running Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, it’s become such joke fodder that it’s hard to see past the memes.
So let’s focus on the positives first: this is, actually, a film with some…