P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!

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P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!

R

2003

1h 32m

Comedy

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A man (Steve Guttenberg) suffering a streak of bad luck bonds with the burglar (Lombardo Boyar) who strikes his apartment for the third time.

Andrew Sarris

Observer

[The Boys in the Band] is much wittier and funnier than the comparatively frantic and frenzied shouting matches devised by Messrs. Guttenberg, Korn and Kirkwood.

Feb 12, 2003

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Remains too much a filmed play.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 23, 2003

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

It's another world now, which is why Kirkwood's play, adapted to the screen by actor Steve Guttenberg, feels so moldy and out of date.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 17, 2003

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Nov 4, 2005

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David Elliott

San Diego Union-Tribune

Canned theater.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 7, 2003

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Kim Morgan

Oregonian

In 1975, the idea of a straight man tying up a gay burglar was exotic, darkly humorous and sexually charged. In director/star Steve Guttenberg's new film version, it comes off as no big deal.

Mar 7, 2003

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steve h

Having seen a few stage productions of this story, I was convinced it was one of those plays like "The Importance of Being Earnest", which is to say, even a bad production would be great entertainment. WRONG! Steve Guttenberg's little vanity project has sucked all the life out of it and made it boring, boring, boring, and, apparently heterosexual. The only thing that could save it now would be a remake by someone with a clue, like John Cameron Mitchell. Or Ed Wood. ANYBODY.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Having read the late James Kirkwood's play and having seen a production of it, I wanted to like this movie. The acting and direction are good enough. Alterations Gutenberg made to Kirkwoods story are the problem. The twist in Kirkwood's play is that the burglar is gay and makes Jimmy question his own sexuality before the night ends. This part of the story was removed from the film. The ending a straight guy and his gay burglar becoming buddies is just plain silly. Perhaps playing gay was too much for Gutenberg. If so, he should never have taken on the part.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Garbage - complete waste of time. Guttenberg is very disappointing and the writing is just horrendous. I understand this was a play before a movie - hopefully the play was better.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Randomly funny movie but not quite funny or sharp enough.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

The book is absolutely much more better than the movie! It is hard to call the movie as a dark comedy though the book is. At the end I waited him to say that this was the book he wrote but he didn't...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Loved it. This guy who's having a horrible day/life catches a cat bugler and is able to take out some frustration.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

A man (Steve Guttenberg) suffering a streak of bad luck bonds with the burglar (Lombardo Boyar) who strikes his apartment for the third time.

Director: Steve Guttenberg
Producer: Kyle A. Clark, Christopher Vogler
Production Co: Mr. Kirby Productions
Rating: R (Drug Content|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 17, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $24.8K
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Stereo, Surround

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