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A Street Cat Named Bob Movie Review

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Review for the film " A Street Cat Named Bob"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 43 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 03-11-2016

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Biography, Family

Similar To: The Piano Lesson, Spellbound, His Three Daughters, Hold Your Breath

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3 / 5.00

3.51 / 5.0

CAST & CREW

Caroline Goodall

Nina Wadia

Lee Nicholas Harris

Anthony Head

Nadine Marshall

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Producer:

Adam Rolston

Music Director:

Charlie Fink

David Hirschfelder

Cinematographer:

Peter Wunstorf

Editor:

Paul Tothill

Writer:

Tim John

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Movie Actor:

Anthony Head

Luke Treadaway

Movie Actress:

Joanne Froggatt

Ruta Gedmintas

Supporting Actress:

Caroline Goodall

Nina Wadia

Costume Designer:

Jo Thompson

Art Director:

Charmian Adams

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Gerry Gavigan

Paul Taylor

Second Assistant Director:

Alex Gavigan

Director of Photography:

Peter Wunstorf

Executive Producer:

Tim Smith

Spencer Pollard

Paul Brett

Nicolas Steil

Alice de Sousa

Brian O\'Shea

Damian Jones

Caroline Stern

Howard Ball

John Rakoff

Laura Davison

Line Producer:

Lorraine Goodman

Casting Director:

Irene Lamb

Rebecca Wright

Novelist:

James Bowen

Garry Jenkins

Still Photographer:

Andreas Lambis

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Dan Johnson

Paul Carter

Assistant Editor:

Tony Tromp

Script Supervisor:

Jane Jackson

Gaffer:

Marc Roodhart

Foley Artist:

Barnaby Smyth

Production Designer:

Antonia Lowe

Casting Associate:

Sophie Parrott

Location Manager:

Rupert Bray

Makeup Artist:

Holly Edwards

Post Production Supervisor:

Deborah Harding

Special Effects Coordinator:

Colin Gorry

Special Effects Technician:

David Caunce

Camera Operator:

Bob Shipsey

Josh Lee

Boom Operator:

Gareth Hemes

Costume Supervisor:

Amy Pollitt

Supporting Actor:

Bob the Cat

James Heron

Jill Winternitz

John Henshaw

Kaveh Khatiri

Kevin Hudson

Lauren Patchcott

Lee Nicholas Harris

Lorraine Ashbourne

Margot Edwards

Mark Behan

Nadine Marshall

Patchcott Lauren

Prince Dave

Ruth Sheen

Shina Shihoko Nagai

Stephan Genovese

Jacob James Beswick

Ivana Basic

Joanne Froggatt

Luke Treadaway

Ruta Gedmintas

Adam Riches

Akbar Kurtha

Alan Audrain

Alice Pins

Anthony Head

Anushka Cross

Gemma Nichols

Franc Ashman

Darren Evans

Daniel Fearn

Chris Wilson

Cache Thake

Beth Goddard

Tim Baros

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Tom Dunne

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Cast

The cast includes LukeTreadaway, Bob the Cat, RutaGedmintas.

Plot

A street cat named Bob is a drama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The story focuses on the life story of James Busker, a drug addict whose life changes when he meets a cat. James Bowen is a homeless man who lives on the streets of London. Once a dangerous, drug-related incident occurred which is a nightmare for James and his support worker, Val, gets him into a council flat to fortify him. In his flat, James discovers a cat formation through his food. He assumes the cat to be lost and tries to get back the cat to his real householders. On an analogous evening, the cat returns to James's flat, this time, with a putrid wound on his leg.

James gets worried to see this and consults his neighborhood doctor, Betty. She informs James of a part charity vet that she volunteers at and names the cat Bob. James later gets Bob emasculated and set him free. However, Bob continues to follow James into the town which makes a mob of people gathers and making James a star and opulent. He eventually decides to keep Bob with himself. One night, on the way to home, James finds his ex, Baz, unconscious, overdosed on the narcotic. Baz dies in hospital. On new year Eve, James visits his father. One day, while busking, James gets in an exceedingly Nursing argument with employment, and James getting arrested for it. Once being found innocent, he gets forbid from busking for six months.

Once Betty founds him collecting drugs which lead to a fight between them and they decide to separate. After few days, James visits the Big Issue Office to form some extra cash for him and Bob. He regains his demands within tourists by promoting the Big Issue. Once being litigant of illicitly promoting magazines on another vendor's patch, James and Bob's unit prohibit them for a whole month. A lady tries to buy Bob on which James disagrees and decides to get over the drug addiction. A journalist, Mary, requests to put in writing down a book relating to James and Bob relationship, and James agrees. James also tries to work out his relationship with his father.

Star Performance

Luke Treadaway has given a remarkable performance in the movie portraying the role of a drug addict.

Analysis

Roger Spottiswoode has taken the story from a novel named the world according to Bob by James Bowen. His way of conceptualizing the movie is cherishing, and the film also received the award for Best Film.

What’s there?

1. Lots of humor and fun-filled moments.

2. Bond of love shared between a human and an animal.

What’s not there?

1. Music could be worked on as it could bring more glamour to the scenes.

Verdict

A comedy picture that would certainly leave you to astound and full of laughter so don’t miss this one.