Miss Minoes (2001)

All in all it is one of the most awful movies I have yet seen. Acting, bad; directing, bad; SGI BAD; dubbing, horrible. First, story in the book might have made sense, but this movie had no story line that could been followed. Catwoman appears at a creepy guy's shabby place (creepy guy, because his only friend is the landlady's 12 year old daughter). Actor of the main guy could not make me like him in this role no matter what. Just simply creepy. The dubbing was like a Japanese movie parody. Mouths and speech was off sync. Catwoman (actress allergic to cats) trying to imitate a feline, but even tho she has charm, she has no cat quality to her. There is no real plot other than trying to unmask the baddie and collecting cat gossip in the town. If you have seen Cats and Dogs you might expect better animal SGI. The cats in most part looked like worn out shabby stuffed toys, even the real live kittens looked like their furs were matted and mangy. The mouth animation was so painfully awful it made me cringe. Cats and Dogs, came out the same time had much higher standards. The the motion of the puppets was choppy and unrealistic. Instead of watching this movie try do somethings else, you never gonna get back that hour and a half. Never.

I feel the earlier 2 comments were very detailed and sufficient. Nevertheless would like to add on some personal comments.I have just watched this movie at the European Film Festival here in KL. Having lived in Malaysia for 26 years it was a real treat to watch a Dutch movie on the big screen here. It made me feel quite nostalgic to see all the typical Dutch scenery, habits and other trivia. And then those cats attributed with typical Dutch characters. Lovely! The audience here was of the same opinion as I heard a lot of them laughing out loud. This movie is especially great for children AND adults with a ticklish inner child!! Praise for the acting of Carice van Houten. I thought she was more real and believable as a catwoman than Halle Berry!

This was my favorite film at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2002. This bright tale of a woman who is really a cat has all the charm of a fairy tale and the timeless and romantic feel of Amelie or Mary Poppins. The story is simple. A cat turns into a woman after coming across some unknown nasty stuff spilled from a barrel. She finds herself stuck on the rooftops of her small town not sure which world she now belongs to - human or feline. She trips into the life of a struggling reporter and they both finds ways to help each other and expose the local business hero as the cad that he is. Everything from the set designs to the action was well crafted. The result was such a treasure that I'd love to own a DVD copy but can't find any. Somehow I think if the US companies (please, not the new Disney!) got their hands on this they would ruin it's European charm. Please, please distribute this or release a DVD.

there is nothing more to say, it ìs simply great: good story, good actors, straightforward and heartwarming... Carice van Houten is an ideal Minoes, Thea Maassen is a believeable Tibbe, the cats are welltrained and the voices are wellcast, the atmosphere of it all is simple, typical Dutch...