Cat People fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind and mystery
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Cat People is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
The mind and mystery
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind and mystery. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
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They are something more than lovers who are about to become something less than human.
Overall: Similar vibe.
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Cat People is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 69/100 (IMDb 6.2, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, and Metacritic 61). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: nudity, sexual content, violence, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 58 min
Cat People runs 1 h 58 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Cat People higher (77) than audiences (63). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $13 million to make and earned $21 million worldwide, 1.7 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 101 storytelling tropes for Cat People, including Sensual Slav, Shout-Out, Evil Wears Black.
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