Rent The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996)
3.3 of 5 from 77 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- Abby (Janeane Garofalo), a witty veterinarian who hosts her own radio talk show, is anything but confident when it comes to men. When a smitten caller named Brian (Ben Chaplin) asks her on a date, she begs her beautiful neighbour, Noelle (Uma Thurman), to take her place. With Abby and Brian falling in love over the phone, and Noelle falling in love with a slightly confused Brian in person, the resulting chaos sets off an escalating series of hilarious dates and misunderstandings!
- Actors:
- Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin, Jamie Foxx, James McCaffrey, Richard Coca, Stanley DeSantis, Antoinette Valente, Mitch Rouse, La Tanya M. Fisher, Faryn Einhorn, David Cross, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bob Odenkirk, Dechen Thurman, Victoria Edwards, Lisa Marie Russell, Robert Brinkmann, Josiah Polhemus, Nigel Gibbs
- Directors:
- Michael Lehmann
- Producers:
- Cari-Esta Albert
- Voiced By:
- Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Writers:
- Audrey Wells
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films About Radio: Rock to Rap, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/08/2018
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of The Truth About Cats and Dogs
Cat People - The Truth About Cats and Dogs review by Steve
Cute romantic-comedy which takes its premise from Cyrano de Bergerac, though is naturally diminished by the comparison. This is a comical riff on the dating game with themes that operate on the level of a personality quiz in Cosmo. The soundtrack of inoffensive album tracks might have been compiled for US coffee chains.
What was fashionable in '96 among metropolitan casuals - the clothes, cars and desirable homes, plus the excess of product placement- now gives it period appeal. It's an aspirational lifestyle romcom set among single twenty-somethings in the more picturesque suburbs of Los Angeles. Where everyone learns valuable life lessons.
Janeane Garofalo plays a sassy vet who presents a radio show and wants to date a sexy British photographer (Ben Chaplin). Experience says she isn't beautiful enough, so she vicariously romances him via a nice-but-dim fashion model (Uma Thurman). So... do guys prefer average looking feminists or knockout airheads?
The answer may depend on how you rate the relative looks of the female stars, and how impressed you are by Garofalo's zingers. Chaplin grows wearisome as the dreamy, bashful eye candy, but this is mostly easy to take and there are some adorable dogs and cats. It's inevitably superficial, but still a superior '90s date picture.
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