This movie is really scary. I caught some of it on Showtime once. I believe that "Whiskers" is supposed to be a cat in a man suit. He runs around dressed in normal clothes, talks like any other human, he just acts reeeeeeaaaaaallllllly dumb. Everybody acts reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllly dumb in "Whiskers" though. Who couldn't with a plot like that? What a freaky movie.
Whiskers
1997 [FRENCH]
Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Plot summary
A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend.
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Finest film about a cat
Dog films have always been a staple of film history. During the silent and early sound era they were especially popular. Cats have not fared well in cinema because rather then be a best friend for a human they, as the saying goes, " don't care ". Here at least is one film that does care about them and presents a memorable fantasy of a boy and his cat. Whiskers and his boy are best friends and, as fate would have it, both make a wish to the Egyptian cat goddess and both wishes come true which sets the pair on a journey to find Whiskers' mother. The film can be seen as having two parts : initially it's a goofy comedy that shows the many ways in which the cat , now become a young man, reacts to being in the body of a human. The script does an excellent job a making the viewer believe the approximately thirty year old man on screen is really a cat in a human body which sets up the serious, and at times dark, second part of the story ...the search for Whiskers' mom. Cat films are few and far between but this unique production is, in the entire animal film genre, perhaps the most successful in establishing the strength of the human/animal bond.
not perfect, but sweet and very entertaining (minor spoiler)
This is a sweet and amusing movie about a boy who wishes that his best friend, his pet cat, be turned into a boy. He forgets about cat years, and so gets a 30-year-old man instead. Brent Carver does an excellent job portraying a cat in a man's body; his acting is so convincing that it makes the somewhat ridiculous concept actually seem plausible. Michael Caloz is also good, though most scenes between Jed and Whiskers are still dominated by Mr. Carver.
There are problems. It's rife with cliches, from the predictable flashback set-up (the movie would work fine without it) to the stereotypical characterizations of the neighbourhood bullies and Jed's gullible parents. Some of the plot elements and minor characters are wildly exaggerated; the animal shelter "warden" just doesn't make sense in my mind. Less bothersome are the occasional signs of a possibly low budget, such as some of the special effects.
A good family movie. Lots of human-cat interaction, and a certain element of magic make it interesting for the kids and the parents can enjoy the delightful turn by Brent Carver.