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Cat Chaser

1988

Abel Ferrara

Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Frederic Forrest ...

4.9

224

Mystery An American veteran (Weller) of the Dominican Republic intervention (LBJ era) is running a hotel in Miami, and is trying to put the memories of the intervention behind him. He gets involved with a former Dominican Republic general's wife (McGillis). He then gets duped through a series of intricate plot twists into helping a group of people trying to rip the general off. Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.

	Author	Review
United States	Drew Hunt Chicago Reader	"I like the artistic tension created by the headstrong director matching wits with the equally headstrong writer (...) The joys of Leonard's tight structure and Ferrara's visual mastery are evident."	POS
United States	Variety	"Despite a fine cast and atmospheric direction by Abel Ferrara, the pic [from the novel by Elmore Leonard] doesn't quite make the grade, though it certainly is worth a look."	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Weller leads a splendid cast (...) Both Durning and Forrest, as a boozy drifter, excel in a gripping thriller marred only by some precious and unrevealing voice-overs"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Once again the big screen has a bloody good crack at recreating the essence of Leonard's writing, but falls just short (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Ty Burr Entertainment Weekly	"It’s hard to say what’s more ridiculous, the droning narration or McGillis’ bottle-blond ‘do."	NEG

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