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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniMurder of a Cat has an off-kilter charm, with Greene prizing humor over menace, and Clinton's maturity over plot resolution
- 50New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartHeavy on quirk and light on wit, first-time director Gillian Greene’s comedy leans too heavily on the badly wigged Kranz.
- 50The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film, a first feature from Gillian Greene (wife of the director Sam Raimi, a producer here), has to settle for “sometimes amusing comedy” when it was probably aiming for “cult hit.”
- The script for Murder Of A Cat is undeniably funny at times, a potential cross between Ace Ventura and The Big Sleep. But Greene misses multiple opportunities to make that humor palpable, proving that film comedy is as much a tone as it is a performance, requiring a strong directorial vision to make it pitch-purrfect.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA plodding comic caper that fails to deliver.
- 25RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsEven if you can accept that there's nothing inherently wrong with being a little misanthropic in the right context, you'll probably find that Murder of a Cat's mean streak isn't wide enough.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis is a perfect example of the kind of indie movie J.K. Simmons will hopefully never have to do again if he wins an Oscar for “Whiplash.”