#cats_the_mewvie (2020)

#cats_the_mewvie: Directed by Michael Margolis. With Kevin Allocca, Phaedra Barratt, Amanda Brennan, Mike Bridavsky. It’s a 2020 documentary about how cats went from cute text memes to iconic celebrities on YouTube.

“I had hoped the movie would be a nice collection of cat videos with some commentary. But itu0026#39;s mostly about the various websites that host the videos, and about the people who provide the videos. In a couple of cases, these are clearly people who cared about their kitties (like Lil Bub), but most of them are exploiting their cats as an income stream. So ultimately, this felt like a u0026quot;weu0026#39;re in it for the moneyu0026quot; pimp, with very little actual cat action. And much of that is clearly the kits being coerced or staged, rather than just natural behavior. Lose 6 stars for all the human screen time.”