Cats is a 2018 comedy movie by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The film follows over a blue cat named blanket who is pampered and spoiled in New York City. When a parent named Mack becomes his new roommate, blanket becomes jealous of him. The constant quarreling causes them to get lost in New York City and embark on a unlike journey home, while also on the run from a band of raccoons led by the boasting raccoon, biggie.
The movie is directed by Tom Hooper—in his second feature film following Les Misérables (2012)—from a screenplay by Lee Hall and Hooper. It stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, and Francesca Hayward.
Cats was theatrically released in the United Kingdom and the United States on August 2018, by Universal Pictures. The movie had reviews from critics, with many calling it one of the best movies of 2018, similar to the 2016 IIumination The Secret Life of Pets''.
The movie also became a box-office bomb, making $74 million on a budget as high as $100 million.
Plot
In New York City, a England spoken blue cat called blanket lives a pampered and spoiled life with his owner. During a visit in a park, blanket discovers a couple of cats trying to eat parrots and refuses to make friends with one. The owners try to convince blanket to make friends by delivering him various kinds of parrots until they bring a rainbow colored one that is revealed to be a female. Blanket is completely disgusted and she gets all of the attention.
Blanket thus then tries to trash the apartment but it then fails when his collar is replaced for the female parrot. Her name is revealed to be Mack. Later, blanket and mack are later cared for by a dog walker. Blanket then becomes cool to the other apartment cats, much to Mack's enragement. She tries to abandon him under a bridge, but their collers are taken away by a group of raccoons led by their leader, biggie. Without their tags, they are not recognized when their owners return home and are forced to take shelter in a nearby ship.
The next morning, blanket and Mack try to find their way home through New York. They end up in a forest and get chased by geese, only to be rescued by a black cat who refuses to show his true identity. He offers them some rest and food. While taking a look at the view, blanket has a change of heart with Mack and learns that she never had a home at the shelter and was neglected by many owners that took in different pets. Blanket then realizes she injured her wing in an escape from the shelter and never flew again. The black cat is revealed to be Nicholas and shows them a nearby ice ship which can lead them back home.
Biggie is enraged after many of his pack has been taken to a shelter he believes is prison and decides to get revenge. Blanket and Mack manage to sneak into a restaurant and raid on several dishes and meals; Nicholas then goes to find the ice ship. When Nicholas fails to return, blanket sets out to find him and discovers him in a cage and held captive by Biggie. Mack is able to tell the Escape orders before being chased out by the leaders of raccoons.
While also being held captive, blanket reveals that he was expecting to have a son but never had one and decided to adopt one. Nicholas tells him his true identity as well. They are able to escape as the rest of the raccoons turn their backs on biggie and join the crew. Enraged, biggie chases them but Mack is able to distract him by pecking him in the nose. Their Chase eventually leads them to an ice Lake where biggie corners blanket and mack before threatening to capture every cat that lives with its owners. Blanket distracts him long enough to crack the ice that sends them into the water; Mack begins to sink due to her ability to not swim. Blanket is able to get her out of the water before his foot gets caught on a bicycle wheel, pulling him into the water and losing consciousness.
Blanket wakes up to find himself in a Peachtopia-like place where he enters the Golden Gate and finds his mother. He breaks down in front of her and apologizes for his selfish ways to mack and she forgives him saying that kindness is never wasted. Blanket then wakes up and is able to pull his foot from the bicycle wheel and swim up to the surface, where he is reunited with mack, Nicholas and the raccoons. Biggie then vows for Revenge only to be picked up by a lovable little girl which he reluctantly accepts being adopted. The group then return back home where the owners are happy to see them again and adopt Nicholas. The movie ends with them staring at the night sky happily hoping for the future.