Directed by: Dan Gilroy

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: A satiric look at the high priced art world finds collectors becoming the victims of the very art they admire.

Featured Felines: Gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) lives in an expensive home with a hairless Sphynx cat named Stella. The cat is introduced looking into Rhodora’s koi pond.

In one scene Stella runs through the house with a bird while Rhodora is on the phone. Rhodora chases after the cat and scoots her away from the dead bird.

Later Stella is outside and Rhodora tries to catch her. This leads to a near disaster.

At the end of the film, Rhodora is outside when Stella approaches and sits next to her. This is right before the scene’s most memorable moment (we won’t give it away here!)

The other notable cat in the film belongs to an artist named Dease who has passed away. A gallery employee named Josephina (Zawe Ashton) is outside the apartment (Dease happened to be her neighbor) when she notices a cat inside.

When Josephina investigates she finds a huge amount of eerie artwork in the apartment. As she reaches over to turn on a lamp, the grey Persian cat suddenly jumps onto the desk, scaring her in a classic spring-loaded cat moment.

Josphina picks up the cat and carries it to a closet where she finds even more paintings.

The cat is eventually taken in by Rhodora’s former assistant Coco (Natalia Dyer) and is seen in a carrier as Coco leaves town.

The animal wranglers for the film were Catherine, Gregg and Justin Pittman as well as cat trainer Claire Doré with Performing Animal Troupe.

Final Mewsings: Cats don’t know art but they know to stay away from killer art.

Many thanks to Dr. Jimmy and Lenny the Wonder Cat for letting us know about the cats in this film!

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