Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)

This movie's strongest character is definitely the cat, which I suppose is kind of the point anyway. I'll be honest, I actually did laugh a couple times at the feline character's jokes and quips. The plot itself was flimsy at its best and almost impossible to sit through at its worst. Think of a bad combination of Dr. Dolittle, Home Alone, and Paul Blart: Mall Cop and you have Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever.

Yes, I gave this full marks providing you are an 8 year old child watching the show. This is very, very light entertainment.The script is 1st draft without going to a rewrite-room.The entire execution of this production; writing, filming, casting seemed slapped together overnight, in a haste to get this film released before the fickle hype generated by social media falls flat on its back, ironically not on its feet.The voice of the dog, in my opinion, sounds very much like Morris The Cat from late TV commercials of the 70's, which I think they threw in as homage.There are many Morris The Cat lines from the commercial that I recognized."That's it, Iam out of here..."

Sharp-eared viewers who catch Aubrey Plaza (as Grumpy Cat) introduce Meghan Charpentier's white-trash-named and spelled "Chrystal" as "part of the last generation on a dying planet" understand they are in for a seditious battering of all things bright and beautiful. Grumpy Cat's venom spews equally over Chrystal, Christmas, modern American mall culture, parenting, and all the tenants of Lifetime movies. How this thing finagled a "G" rating is a thing of mystery if no other reason than a fantasy sequence when Grumpy is tied down and gassed to death. The movie doesn't break as much as just ignores the fourth wall with Grumpy returning from commercial breaks expressing disbelief that the audience is still watching and wonder why you don't do something more productive with your limited lifespan. When the plot slows, bubbles with Grumpy in them appear to lampoon the current action or to just talk about something more interesting. Evan Todd and Isaac Haig as the baddies (although everyone comes across as fairly useless) trade quips worth of a Tarantino film with out the sickening pretense. Daniel Roebuck as super creepy mall guard "George" brings a discomforting weirdness particularly when he hits on young, female mall workers. If it all sounds like the satire of the standard Lifetime Christmas movie went a little overboard then you got that right. In short, if you like your chocolate Santa's and your comedies dark, this is a must see (keep the kids away from it).

The one thing that redeems this movie pretty well is that they not only penetrate the fourth wall but they utterly demolish and incinerate it. Most of the movie is Grumpy Cat addressing the viewer directly.9/10 of the movie is references to the Grumpy Cat media and her tschotske empire of branded crap. So they even play with crass materialism. They reference "memes" in the movie. The hipster's darling Aubrey Plaza is totally in her element playing the voice of a sarcastic, dismissive cat. Pretty much April from Parks and Recreation channeled through a cat.This movie would actually be pretty good to put a recording of in a time capsule. In 100 years it would be a significant document of internet culture of the present day.