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A Talking Cat!?!

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  • Best Known for the Fanservice: The only scene that's even remotely enjoyable is probably Trent teaching Chris to swim.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The entire movie has plenty of these. But a very special mention goes to the ending. due to how poorly edited it is, as well as Duffy's collar suddenly gaining an unexplained healing ability.
  • Ho Yay:
    • Trent/Chris and Phil/Chris. The latter is squicky since they are father and son.
    • Chris actually has more chemistry with Trent than he does with his intended girlfriend. Perhaps more understandable when one takes into account that both of their respective actors are gay, and that the director, David DeCoteau, produces softcore gay erotica on the side in the same house!
  • Narm Charm: If you enjoy it, this is why. Or because you like the way Chris and Trent interact.
  • Padding: Several scenes are comprised of nothing but B-Roll of the surrounding forest where filming primarily took place. Literally 30% of the 83-minute runtime is 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.
  • Special Effects Failure:
    • The Looping Lines for the cat voice over makes it sound like Roberts recorded his lines in a bathroom. Reportedly, Roberts actually recorded his lines in his living room... and in 15 minutes to boot.
    • Duffy's mouth, which is entirely pitch-black and looks like it was drawn in MS Paint. It's clearly an effect easily done with Adobe After Effects, and for that extra touch of complete and total unconvincingness, the "mouth" runs horizontally across the cat's actual mouth and curved philtrum, but doesn't cover them up when he's speaking.
    • In several shots, you can see a laser pointer being used to direct the cat, or cat food on the ground to make Squeaky (Duffy) stay.
    • Duffy, after getting hit by a car and supposedly in critical condition, is seen acting mildly sedated with a piece of gauze seemingly tossed on his head.
  • Suspiciously Similar Song: One of the Recurring Riffs in the score sounds a lot like "It's a Small World" and another (which serves as the main theme) sounds like "Can't Wait Till Christmas" from A Garfield Christmas.
  • Uncertain Audience: It's hard to tell exactly who the intended audience market for this film is. Most adults and teenagers probably aren't interested in talking animal films, and the subject matter (matchmaking and family troubles) will more than likely bore little kids.

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