The Cat's Meow
Time Out says
Bogdanovich returns to the territory he knows best with this witty, scurrilous account of a vintage Hollywood murder mystery. What really happened on board media magnate William Randolph Hearst's yacht when has-been producer Thomas Ince ended up dead? The starry dramatis personae - Charlie Chaplin (Izzard, a revelation), novelist Elinor Glyn (Lumley, tolerably subdued), Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons and, of course, Marion Davies (Dunst, very good, as usual) - and a nicely barbed script make for an enjoyably colourful and cynical portrait of Tinseltown in its carelessly corrupt, decadent heyday (rather more innocent than nowadays, one suspects). Featherweight but fun.
Details
Release details
Rated:
12A
Duration:
114 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Screenwriter:
Steven Peros
Cast:
Eddie Izzard
Kirsten Dunst
Joanna Lumley
Edward Herrmann
Cary Elwes
Jennifer Tilly
Kirsten Dunst
Joanna Lumley
Edward Herrmann
Cary Elwes
Jennifer Tilly