The Cat's Meow

We recently watched a cable recording of The Cat's Meow. I was mildly disappointed by this 1920s period piece.

Telling the story of a murder on William Randolph Hearst’s yacht, while on a cruise with several notables of the era including Hearst and Charlie Chaplin, I was somehow expecting more than this straight forward tale of jealousy, manipulation and mistaken identity. In particular, I expected something more interesting from Kirsten Dunst, an actress I find to normally be very good and compelling.

As a result, on my scale of 1-100, I rate this movie a 69.

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