The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I am giving this movie a 7 out of 10 for the fact that despite my wanting to change the channel while watching it, my kids were completely taken by the film.Jed is a lonely, new boy in town. His parents are "average movie parents"-meaning they fit the criteria of 1.Misc appearance 2.Caught talking about one thing to have it misunderstood-thus setting off the events of the movie 3.They are absolutely clueless the the fact that the family pet has transformed into a human 4.The father sports a mullet (ok, that isn't EXACTLY a criteria, however it's a MULLET!! In the mid-Nineties, really now!) The parents have the "BIG SECRET" they whisper about, then talk louder once they realize their kid is there. Jed thinks they wish to get rid of his loyal frisky sidekick and panics.Side trip-Mullet-Dad takes son to the Museum-originally to see a DaVinci show. However instead they get the last day of the Egyptian Cat Collection (how so plot-oriented and convenient!). While there, Jed reads about Bast, a Cat Goddess who is sort of the Guardian Angel of cats-and he pleads for her to transform Whiskers into a human-assuming that he would then have a boy version of Whiskers. Problem is, the cat year factor has him aged at about 30. Not good.Eventually Whisker and Jed begin a search for Whikser's mother, who, as a kitten Whiskers had promised he would take care of her when she grew old. Although he states cats never help each other out, because he is now human, he wants to follow through on this promise.The movie generally follows the journey of finding Whisker's mom, and teaching Jed that he can make human friends and letting go of things you have outgrown.

This movie is for all the catlovers out there. It has a nice, belivably plot. Throughout you get some scary and a lot of funny moments. The ending however is for no one who just recently lost a feline friend or ever had to go through that trauma, so be warned! Despite its an upbeat ending, it is because of that ending that smaller children with cats in the house shouldn't watch it alone.

This is a sweet and amusing movie about a boy who wishes that his best friend, his pet cat, be turned into a boy. He forgets about cat years, and so gets a 30-year-old man instead. Brent Carver does an excellent job portraying a cat in a man's body; his acting is so convincing that it makes the somewhat ridiculous concept actually seem plausible. Michael Caloz is also good, though most scenes between Jed and Whiskers are still dominated by Mr. Carver.There are problems. It's rife with cliches, from the predictable flashback set-up (the movie would work fine without it) to the stereotypical characterizations of the neighbourhood bullies and Jed's gullible parents. Some of the plot elements and minor characters are wildly exaggerated; the animal shelter "warden" just doesn't make sense in my mind. Less bothersome are the occasional signs of a possibly low budget, such as some of the special effects.A good family movie. Lots of human-cat interaction, and a certain element of magic make it interesting for the kids and the parents can enjoy the delightful turn by Brent Carver.

This movie is really scary. I caught some of it on Showtime once. I believe that "Whiskers" is supposed to be a cat in a man suit. He runs around dressed in normal clothes, talks like any other human, he just acts reeeeeeaaaaaallllllly dumb. Everybody acts reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllly dumb in "Whiskers" though. Who couldn't with a plot like that? What a freaky movie.