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The Truth About Cats & Dogs

Play trailer Poster for The Truth About Cats & Dogs PG-13,  1996,  1h 37m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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85% Tomatometer 47 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
Abby (Janeane Garofalo) hosts a popular radio show about pets. When Brian (Ben Chaplin) calls in to ask about his quirky Great Dane, the two surprisingly hit it off. Brian pushes for a date with Abby, who is shy and a bit insecure, so she talks her ditzy neighbor Noelle (Uma Thurman) into taking her place. While the confused and oblivious Brian tries to figure out why his date is so different from the host he spoke to, Abby must work up the nerve to confess, as Noelle is also falling for Brian.
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Sharp, witty, and charming, The Truth About Cats and Dogs features a standout performance from Janeane Garofalo.

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Rita Kempley Washington Post Sep 9, 2020
Why quibble? You'll still go home purring and wagging your tail. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Sep 9, 2020
Though the basic brains-versus-beauty tension suggests a female variation on The Nutty Professor, this is a softer version of the dilemma than Jerry Lewis offers-easier to take and easier to forget. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011
B+
You feel that Lehmann has too much affection for the people on screen to let them seem like dupes. Then again, that's part of the movie's charm. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Sep 9, 2020
2.5/4
In time... this tale of a terrible quandary becomes as witty and engaging as the confident yet oddly insecure Abby. Go to Full Review
Jeff Simon Buffalo News Sep 9, 2020
It's a charming little romantic comedy that never tries to outweigh its own charm. Best of all, it never forgets how much that charm is dependent on the woman in its center. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Nov 8, 2019
3/4
Affable yet relatively unmemorable... Go to Full Review
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George P Oct 7, 2017 If you cast Uma Thurman as a girl who doesn't get the guy, then you need to make her a bitch, or annoying, or even conceited. Instead they cast her as a very sweet and sexy woman. I'd have been all over her myself. Ben Chaplin is a moron. See more
Hermione S Jun 2, 2007 Beautiful movie about what really matters, beauty on the inside. Cannot say enough about the wonderful writing of this movie!
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Michael Lehmann

Director

Uma Thurman

Noelle

Janeane Garofalo

Abby

Ben Chaplin

Brian

Jamie Foxx

Ed

James McCaffrey

Roy

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Synopsis Abby (Janeane Garofalo) hosts a popular radio show about pets. When Brian (Ben Chaplin) calls in to ask about his quirky Great Dane, the two surprisingly hit it off. Brian pushes for a date with Abby, who is shy and a bit insecure, so she talks her ditzy neighbor Noelle (Uma Thurman) into taking her place. While the confused and oblivious Brian tries to figure out why his date is so different from the host he spoke to, Abby must work up the nerve to confess, as Noelle is also falling for Brian.
Director
Michael Lehmann
Producer
Cari-esta Albert
Screenwriter
Audrey Wells
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 26, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 18, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$34.1M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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