Legend of the Demon Cat

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Legend of the Demon Cat

2017,

2h 9m,

Fantasy/

Mystery & Thriller

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91%

11 Reviews

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43%

50+ Ratings

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11 Reviews

43%

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50+ Ratings

A poet and a monk join forces to investigate the mysterious death of a concubine.

Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 24, 2019

This is a movie that just has a ton of imagination... It's an absolute spectacle.

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

Mar 21, 2019

Although the often humorous film may not quite rank among Chen's best and that CGI-enhanced feline isn't always convincingly up to scratch, the buoyant yarn nevertheless casts a beguiling spell.

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

Feb 4, 2019

3/4

This modern fantasy weds the techniques of silent cinema with CGI to conjure a memorably mythic realm.

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Armond White

National Review

Feb 8, 2019

Chen gives a fairy-tale tone to this ghost story yet always goes deeper into the issues of love, death, trust and envy, loyalty and betrayal.

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Rafael Motamayor

Bloody Disgusting

Oct 17, 2018

3.5/5

At the core of it all stand a couple of goofballs that never stop entertaining, and a talking black cat that gives the film a much-welcomed fantasy element.

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Daniel Kasman

MUBI

Sep 19, 2018

This pulpy silliness is told with a rare kind of cinematic excess, the money thrown into every inch of screen space as luxuriant as an MGM picture of old.

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Kylo W

Jun 19, 2018

A sumptuously filmed and directed, often sublime, fantasy/mystery retelling centered on the creation of bai juyi's classic 809 CE romance poem, "the song of everlasting regret" (???) and, behind that the tragedy surrounding the death of consort yang guifei (albeit a heavily redacted and simplified version of history).

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Albus R

Dec 23, 2017

Starts out as a fairly typical wuxia flick but quickly becomes a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. Surprisingly moving, emotionally. Beautifully filmed and the period sets are a joy to behold. Both the story and visuals remained with me well after I left the theatre. The titular cat could have benefitted from more advanced CGI (Weta, where were you?) but I've come to accept the budget restraints imposed on Chinese films and wasn't overly bothered. Flick is definitely worth a look and I'll be keeping an eye out for the blu ray!

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Rey R

Dec 22, 2017

Nice pictures of the film

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Chen Kaige

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Xuan Huang

Bai Letian

Shôta Sometani

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Synopsis

A poet and a monk join forces to investigate the mysterious death of a concubine.

Director: Chen Kaige
Producer: Shirley Kao
Screenwriter: Chen Kaige, Hui-Ling Wang
Production Co: New Classic Media, 21 Century Shengkai Film, Kadokawa, Emperor Motion Pictures (International)
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 27, 2019
Runtime: 2h 9m

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