Simply A Masterpiece

Lack of good storyline.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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.

I am giving this movie a 7 out of 10 for the fact that despite my wanting to change the channel while watching it, my kids were completely taken by the film.Jed is a lonely, new boy in town. His parents are "average movie parents"-meaning they fit the criteria of 1.Misc appearance 2.Caught talking about one thing to have it misunderstood-thus setting off the events of the movie 3.They are absolutely clueless the the fact that the family pet has transformed into a human 4.The father sports a mullet (ok, that isn't EXACTLY a criteria, however it's a MULLET!! In the mid-Nineties, really now!) The parents have the "BIG SECRET" they whisper about, then talk louder once they realize their kid is there. Jed thinks they wish to get rid of his loyal frisky sidekick and panics.Side trip-Mullet-Dad takes son to the Museum-originally to see a DaVinci show. However instead they get the last day of the Egyptian Cat Collection (how so plot-oriented and convenient!). While there, Jed reads about Bast, a Cat Goddess who is sort of the Guardian Angel of cats-and he pleads for her to transform Whiskers into a human-assuming that he would then have a boy version of Whiskers. Problem is, the cat year factor has him aged at about 30. Not good.Eventually Whisker and Jed begin a search for Whikser's mother, who, as a kitten Whiskers had promised he would take care of her when she grew old. Although he states cats never help each other out, because he is now human, he wants to follow through on this promise.The movie generally follows the journey of finding Whisker's mom, and teaching Jed that he can make human friends and letting go of things you have outgrown.

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.

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.