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Cat Person

2023 · 118 min

A tense, uncomfortable plunge into modern dating's anxieties, blurring imagination and reality with darkly comic unease.

Tagline: Based on the sensational New Yorker short story.
Overview: When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts.
How it feels: Tense, dark, satirical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Gender, power, obsession, isolation
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: gender
power
obsession
isolation
identity
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong