The movie lives up to the promise (threat?) of its trailer with 110 minutes of hyperactive, plot-lite prancing that will be catnip to some, but baffling to most.
In much the same way that dreams make total sense while you're dreaming but typically devolve into nonsense in the attempt to explain them after the fact, there's an internal logic to Cats that is perfectly comprehensible to me as someone whose toddlerhood involved many hours spent dancing around the living room to the soundtrack, crowned by the elasticated cat ear headband that my mother had made for me.
The casting process involved a two-year worldwide search for dancers able to sing and act, and actors able to sing and dance.
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