Sometimes you want to watch a movie not because you think it looks good or the story intrigues you, but because it looks so weird and bad that any interest you have in it can be chalked up to morbid curiosity. Which brings us to Nine Lives, a movie that seems like it was pulled kicking and screaming from decades past, with a plot that sees Kevin Spacey as a workaholic dad who, after years of neglecting his daughter, must see the error of his ways when his mind is trapped inside the body of a cat. Hilarity ensues?
With a slew of fantastic roles under his belt, Kevin Spacey is untouchable, but this feels like one step too far, and makes me want to shout, “why Kevin, why?”. Ditto director Barry Sonnenfeld. Jennifer Garner? This seems par for the course for her lately. But I won’t hear a bad word said about Christopher Walken. Obviously, this is skewing family friendly, but there is one or two instances where this doesn’t fit that vibe, and unless Nine Lives pulls something to surprise everyone, all the lives in the world might not be able to save this.
Released: August 5th
