History YMMV / NineLives2016

** The scene where Tom starts doing chin ups to try to show he's human is [[https://youtu.be/_jHA97HzhxE?t=2m15s very obviously looped.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: Quite a few people wondered why Creator/KevinSpacey was starring in a movie like this, with speculation being that [[MoneyDearBoy he needed the money]].

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The [[ClicheStorm storm of cliches]] alienated a lot of people, and as a result it bombed at the box office. Not helping is the fact that Kevin Spacey fell from grace about a year after this movie's release, making it even harder to enjoy.

** There are several scenes in the movie where you can clearly tell that Tom's cat form had CGI animation used for it.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The fact that the film revolves around a guy getting turned into a cat (a concept which has been done to death several times before, mostly in TheNineties) alienated a lot of people, and as a result it bombed at the box office. Not helping is the fact that Kevin Spacey fell from grace about a year after this movie's release, making it even harder to enjoy.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This film is rated PG, even though most of its runtime consists of business meetings and other similar things that children wouldn't care about, and also includes a scene with two security guards who decide to taze a cat [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty played for laughs]] and a scene where a character decides to ''[[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]''.

%%* SoBadItsGood

* SnarkBait: The film is notable in that it had already become a piñata for jokes before it was officially released in cinemas for looking like another ClicheStorm talking pet movie, and has firmly remained so afterwards. The film has also been heavily criticized for [[UncertainAudience not knowing its audience]].

* MemeticMutation: After Kevin Spacey getting hit with accusations of sexual harassment of a young actor (along with several other people) came out over a year after this movie's release, quite a few people have made jokes about Kevin Spacey taking the role in order to get close to children, or alternatively that this movie is now no longer his worst crime, or that he was blackmailed using said incidents into starring in this film.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This film is rated PG, even though most of its runtime consists of business meetings and other similar things that children wouldn't care about, and also includes a scene with two security guards who decide to taze a cat [[BlackComedyAnimalCruelty for laughs]] and a scene where a character decides to ''[[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]''.

* MemeticMutation: After Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations toward a young actor (along with several other people) came out over a year after this movie's release, quite a few people have made jokes about Kevin Spacey taking the role in order to get close to children, or alternatively that this movie is now no longer his worst crime, or that he was blackmailed using said incidents into starring in this film.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The fact that the film revolves around a guy getting turned into a cat (a concept which has been done to death several times before, mostly in TheNineties) alienated a lot of people.

* MemeticMutation: After Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations toward a young actor came out over a year after this movie's release, quite a few people have made jokes about Kevin Spacey taking the role in order to get close to children, or alternatively that this movie is now no longer his worst crime, or that he was blackmailed using said incidents into starring in this film.

* {{Narm}}: Many, many scenes in the movie (like CG-Tom diving several stories onto an awning and bouncing back unscatched, or CG-Tom dancing on his legs with his daughter) though [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cctyPXD8THY the climax]] is especially noteworthy. Tom believes his son, David, is about to commit suicide so he follows him when he jumps off the roof of a tower. The audience is treated to the bizarre visual of an adult man and a CGI cat free-falling down a CGI building to their impending doom, and in the middle of what's supposed to be a tense scene, David turns and utters "Mr. Fuzzypants?" with an entirely straight face. Tom reminds David of his parachute and David pulls the ripcord, leaving Mr. Fuzzypants, the beloved family pet, to drop to his death with nary a care in the world.

* MemeticMutation: After Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations toward a young actor came out over a year after this movie's release, quite a few people have made jokes about Kevin Spacey taking the role in order to get close to children, or alternatively that this movie is now no longer his worst crime.

* HarsherInHindsight: The fact that Kevin Spacey starred in a movie like this becomes rather disturbing after the news of his sexual harassment accusations became widely known.

* MemeticMutation: After Kevin Spacey's sexual harassment accusations toward a young actor came out over a year after this movie's release, quite a few people have made jokes about Kevin Spacey taking the role in order to get close to children.

* WhatAnIdiot: Tom's family, when they get him as a cat, decide to put his litter box ''right next to his food''.

* JustHereForGodzilla: This movie was heavily promoted by popular cats on social media, including [[http://lilbub.com/ Lil Bub]] and [[https://nalacat.com/ Nala Cat]], stating that they were going to be in the movie. Nonetheless, they are just small cameos (with Lil Bub being more noticeable).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Jokes about how this movie was "the worst thing to happen to Creator/KevinSpacey's career" after something far worse came out about Spacey that pretty much ruined his career.