History Film / ATalkingCat

* UnknownCharacter: The driver of the car that comes out of nowhere which hits Duffy. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Though it wouldn't have helped the scene much anyway]].

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* AlanSmithee: Director David [=DeCoteau=] is credited as "Mary Crawford", the name he uses in all of his family-friendly films. This is most likely done to distance his family films from his [[BleachedUnderpants softcore gay erotica horror films.]]

* SceneryPorn: There's lots of long establishing shots of forests and the like. It also causes some continuity/logic issues; Phil and Chris switch between living near an arid desert/beach, yet are somehow neighbors to Susan and her kids, who appear to live in the Pacific Northwest.

WebVideo/JonTron and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m76z5mgv5_A did reviews]] [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/a-talking-cat of the film]]. It was also covered on Episode 28 of the bad-film-review podcast, ''Podcast/TranquilTirades''.

[[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic [[http://phelous.com/2014/03/19/obscurus-lupa/obscurus-lupa-presents/a-talking-cat/ did a review]] of the film, WebVideo/JonTron and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m76z5mgv5_A did reviews]] [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/a-talking-cat of the film]]. It was also covered on Episode 28 of the bad-film-review podcast, ''Podcast/TranquilTirades''.

Made on a budget of $1 million [[note]] To put that in perspective, ''[[Film/Moonlight2016 Moonlight]]'' cost $1.5 million to make.[[/note]], the film nonetheless features amateurish camera, sound and special effects, is largely confined to two houses and Eric Roberts sounds like he's recording his lines through a burner phone in a public bathroom. [[note]] It was later discovered that Roberts recorded all of his dialogue in his living room in ''15 minutes''.[[/note]] Creator/NathanRabin [[http://www.avclub.com/article/ia-talking-cat-iis-ithe-roomi-of-anthropomorphic-a-93563 called it]] "''Film/TheRoom'' of [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative anthropomorphic animal movies starring Eric Roberts]]" and wondered "where the other $990,000 went".

[[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic [[http://phelous.com/2014/03/19/obscurus-lupa/obscurus-lupa-presents/a-talking-cat/ did a review]] of the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m76z5mgv5_A as did]] WebVideo/JonTron [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/a-talking-cat and]] WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob. It was also covered on Episode 28 of the bad-film-review podcast, ''{{Podcast/Tranquil Tirades}}''.

* TheOtherRainforest: Where Susan's house appears to be. There's lots of SceneryPorn wrung out of it.

* ConflictBall: It's not really clear why Phil and Chris are having problems. Phil acts a perfectly friendly and loving father, albeit a slightly eccentric one. Yet for most of the film Chris is weirdly hostile towards him, talking to him as if he's a deadbeat jerkass.
** There's also Susan absolutely ''freaking out'' when Phil accidentally drops some food she made, which seems to happen solely to keep the movie going.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The cat on the cover is not the cat in the movie. It's the same breed, but the one on the cover is clearly a kitten while the one in the movie is an adult cat (and a little bit fat).

* {{Fanservice}}: Trent teaching Chris to swim. Two [[PrettyBoy handsome guys]]? Check. [[ShirtlessScene Shirtlessness?]] Check. [[BeachEpisode A pool?]] Check. [[GuyOnGuyIsHot Not so subtle]] [[YaoiFangirl homoeroticism?]] ''Check.''
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: See below.

* ExcitedShowTitle: ''QuestioningTitle''? ExcitedShowTitle

* {{Fanservice}}: Trent teaching Chris to swim. Two [[PretyBoy handsome guys]]? Check. [[ShirtlessScene Shirtlessness?]] Check. [[BeachEpisode A pool?]] Check. [[GuyOnGuyIsHot Not so subtle]] [[YaoiFangirl homoeroticism?]] ''Check.''

* CampStraight / AmbiguouslyGay: Chris and Trent. This IS a David [=DeCoteau=] film, after all.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Duffy's magic collar suddenly has healing powers]]

* {{Fanservice}}: Trent teaching Chris to swim. Two [[{{Bishonen}} handsome guys]]? Check. [[ShirtlessScene Shirtlessness?]] Check. [[BeachEpisode A pool?]] Check. [[GuyOnGuyIsHot Not so subtle]] [[YaoiFangirl homoeroticism?]] ''Check.''

* InactionSequence: One of the hosts of the Podcast/TranquilTirades podcast actually sat through and timed how much of the run time was taken up by stock footage establishing shots and shots of Duffy the Cat doing nothing, and he determined that literally 30% of the movie's 83-minute run time was taken up by absolutely nothing happening. (And even more frightening--none of that includes the many, ''many'' sequences of characters taking long walks up stairs, down halls, meandering around aimlessly, traipsing around kitchens, etc.)

* SiblingRivalry: Tina and Trent.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cat on the cover is not the cat in the movie. Its the same breed, but the one on the cover is clearly a kitten while the one in the movie is an adult cat (and a little bit fat).

Made on a budget of $1 million [[note]] To put that in perspective, ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'' cost $1.5 million to make.[[/note]], the film nonetheless features amateurish camera, sound and special effects, is largely confined to two houses and Eric Roberts sounds like he's recording his lines through a burner phone in a public bathroom. [[note]] It was later discovered that Roberts recorded all of his dialogue in his living room in ''15 minutes''.[[/note]] Creator/NathanRabin [[http://www.avclub.com/article/ia-talking-cat-iis-ithe-roomi-of-anthropomorphic-a-93563 called it]] "''Film/TheRoom'' of [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative anthropomorphic animal movies starring Eric Roberts]]" and wondered "where the other $990,000 went".

Made on a budget of $1 million [[note]] To put that in perspective, ''Film/YoureNext'' also cost $1 million to make.[[/note]], the film nonetheless features amateurish camera, sound and special effects, is largely confined to two houses and Eric Roberts sounds like he's recording his lines through a burner phone in a public bathroom. [[note]] It was later discovered that Roberts recorded all of his dialogue in his living room in ''15 minutes''.[[/note]] Creator/NathanRabin [[http://www.avclub.com/article/ia-talking-cat-iis-ithe-roomi-of-anthropomorphic-a-93563 called it]] "''Film/TheRoom'' of [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative anthropomorphic animal movies starring Eric Roberts]]" and wondered "where the other $990,000 went".

* CelebrityResemblance: Phil's resemblance to Creator/RodneyDangerfield has been the butt of man a reviewer's joke.

Duffy (Creator/EricRoberts) is a stray cat with the ability to talk to any person once, but only once. When he comes across Phil (Johnny Whitaker), a respected programmer who's recently entered retirement, and Susan (Kristine [=DeBell=]), a caterer who's trying to keep her business and family together, he decides to help them and their families. HilarityEnsues.

* AlanSmithee: Director David [=DeCoteau=] is credited as "Mary Crawford", the name he uses in all of his family-friendly films. This is most likely done to distance his family films from his softcore gay erotica horror films.

[[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic [[http://phelous.com/2014/03/19/obscurus-lupa/obscurus-lupa-presents/a-talking-cat/ did a review]] of the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m76z5mgv5_A as did]] WebVideo/JonTron. It was also covered on Episode 28 of the bad-film-review podcast, ''{{Podcast/Tranquil Tirades}}''.

* AlanSmithee: Director David [=DeCoteau=] is credited as "Mary Crawford", the name he uses in all of his family-friendly films.

* {{Fanservice}}: Trent teaching Chris to swim. Two [[{{Bishonen}} handsome guys]]? Check. [[ShirtlessScene Shirtlessness?]] Check. [[BeachEpisode A pool?]] Check. [[GuyOnGuyIsHot Not so subtle]] [[YaoiFangirl gayness?]] ''Check.''

Made on a budget of $1 million [[note]] To put that in perspective, ''Film/YoureNext'' also cost $1 million to make.[[/note]], the film nonetheless features amateurish camera, sound and special effects and Eric Roberts sounding like he's recording his lines through a crappy cellphone in a public bathroom. [[note]] It was later discovered that Roberts recorded all of his dialogue in his living room in ''15 minutes''.[[/note]] Creator/NathanRabin [[http://www.avclub.com/article/ia-talking-cat-iis-ithe-roomi-of-anthropomorphic-a-93563 called it]] "''Film/TheRoom'' of [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative anthropomorphic animal movies starring Eric Roberts]]" and wondered "where the other $990,000 went".

Made on a budget of $1 million [[note]] To put that in perspective, ''Film/TheWitch'' also cost $1 million to make.[[/note]], the film nonetheless features amateurish camera, sound and special effects and Eric Roberts sounding like he's recording his lines through a crappy cellphone in a public bathroom. [[note]] It was later discovered that Roberts recorded all of his dialogue in his living room in ''15 minutes''.[[/note]] Creator/NathanRabin [[http://www.avclub.com/article/ia-talking-cat-iis-ithe-roomi-of-anthropomorphic-a-93563 called it]] "''Film/TheRoom'' of [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative anthropomorphic animal movies starring Eric Roberts]]" and wondered "where the other $990,000 went".

* CampStraight / AmbiguouslyGay: Chris and Trent. This IS a David [=DeCoteau=] film after all.

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Made on a budget of $1 million [[note]] To put that in perspective, ''Film/TheWitch'' also cost $1 million to make.[[/note]], the film nonetheless features amateurish camera, sound and special effects and Eric Roberts sounding like he's recording his lines through a crappy cellphone in a public bathroom. [[note]] It was later discovered that Roberts recorded all of his dialogue in his living room in ''15 minutes''.[[/note]] Creator/NathanRabin [[http://www.avclub.com/article/ia-talking-cat-iis-ithe-roomi-of-anthropomorphic-a-93563 called it]] "Film/TheRoom of [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative anthropomorphic animal movies starring Eric Roberts]]" and wondered "where the other $990,000 went".