A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Cinematography
Baffling scale choices — cats are mice-sized sometimes?
Practical Effects
Practical fur technology that aged like milk.
Acting
Judi Dench's thousand-yard stare of regret.
Director
Tom Hooper
Francesca Hayward
Victoria
Judi Dench
Old Deuteronomy
Idris Elba
Macavity
Jason Derulo
Rum Tum Tugger
Jennifer Hudson
Grizabella
James Corden
Bustopher Jones
Ian McKellen
Gus, the Theatre Cat
Taylor Swift
Bombalurina
Rebel Wilson
Jennyanydots
Ray Winstone
Growltiger
Larry Bourgeois
Plato
Laurent Bourgeois
Socrates
Laurie Davidson
Mr. Mistoffelees
Robert Fairchild
Munkustrap
Danny Collins
Mungojerrie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
They rushed a 'patched' version to theaters two days after release with improved VFX, making this the only film to get a day-one software update.
The 'Butthole Cut' — an alleged earlier version with visible cat anuses — became internet legend, though director Tom Hooper denies its existence. The people demand answers.
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