Eric Roberts Is... A Talking Cat.

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This is on Netflix now. I watched, well sort of watched, it the other night. I just skipped to the parts where the cat talks.

"The heartwarming story of Duffy (Eric Roberts), an adorable talking cat that brings two families together. Sometimes it takes a little help from a special cat to get people back on course. In this case, Duffy sets about to help two families enjoy each others' gifts. "



Amazing.

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Re: Eric Roberts Is... A Talking Cat.

Prescient?

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Best choice imaginable. I just hope he sounds totally un-interested as he usually does.

[John Bernhard Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close John Bernhard]

That cat's face kind of looks like Roberts......or am I seeing things?
Nice to see Kristine DeBell doing......something.

[Roderick Butthorn Find all posts View Profile Close Roderick]

Prescient?

Purrscient.


Waka! Waka!

[Derek Steckler Member Find all posts View Profile Close Derek Steckler]

That's a long way from Paul Snider.

[Horace Cordier Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Horace Cordier]

Eric Roberts Is... A Talking Cat.

Best choice imaginable. I just hope he sounds totally un-interested as he usually does.

Hey! Did you just diss Roberts?

Watch it!

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Hey! Did you just diss Roberts?

Watch it!

I sure did not! I love Eric Roberts in his shitty acting. At least he out-acts that ugly sister of his any day of the week.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

He does make for a good talking cat. You should all see this movie.

[Apronikoff Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Apronikoff]

A Talking Cat!?

I know there was some discussion of this film previously, but I can't seem to find it (though it was in the "DVD's I don't ever want" thread, but doesn't seem to be.

Anyway, AV Club has a right up about this that accomplishes the astonishing feat of getting me interested in seeing a talking animal movie.

To wit:

Roberts is aiming for a level of whimsy that would strain Wes Anderson, let alone a guy who could go toe-to-toe with Gary Busey for sheer visceral creepiness. It's as if the director was instructing Roberts, “Now Eric, I want you to slur 'nice fluffy bed' like you're at the tail end of a 10-day whiskey-and-cocaine jag and you're fantasizing about a place to sleep, because you have not slept, or sat down, or even stopped talking, in over a week.” That, I suspect, is direction that would resonate with Roberts more than something like, “You're an adorable kitty cat, and you just love to curl up in your favorite snuggly little resting place!”
From the moment Roberts' narration kicks in, A Talking Cat!?! engenders the intense cognitive dissonance suggested by its title. The brain rebels and adamantly refuses to fire the synapses necessary to create the illusion that the voice on the soundtrack somehow comes out of a cat and not a grizzled, angry old character actor. Suspension of disbelief becomes impossible. The cat and Roberts' voice don't seem to inhabit the same universe, let alone the same space.

Everyone should go to the article to at least watch the embedded clips from the movie. The second one down (not counting the Mickey Rourke youtube video) which shows the CGI used to make the cat "talk" is a beauty.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

It actually had its own thread...just as it deserves!!

http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/s...t=eric+roberts

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Merged!

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

The trailer for this one is seriously....off.......

Roberts voice doesn't fit the cat...which gives it a weird vibe...and the rest of the movie going on around the cat looks like it is from a different movie completely.....

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So if not Roberts, who would be your choice to play the talking cat?

I'm thinking Robert Loggia...

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

So if not Roberts, who would be your choice to play the talking cat?

I'm thinking Robert Loggia...

Good choice, but I feel Christopher Walken is the natural answer.