A Street Cat Named Bob
James Bowen lives on the streets of London with a controversial life. He is a drug addict, but he has recovered completely from drugs in circumstances he did not fully expect. Perhaps fate will change James' life when he meets a wounded ginger cat suffering on the streets of London. After that, everything becomes completely different to James in dealing with the cat, a cat that was able to change the life of James forever.
27 September 1967
1961, Manchester, England, UK
30 September 1972, Lambeth, London, England, UK
15 March 1979, Surrey, England, UK
1950, Stepney, London, England, UK
18 December 1968, Bombay, India
February 10, 2017
Veteran director Roger Spottiswoode makes the most of this appealing yarn and has fun showing us a Bob's-eye view of the streets of London.
November 30, 2016
There's a telly-ish feel to much of A Street Cat Named Bob, an attempt to sanitise life on the streets... But it's impossible to watch a film about a happy-ending story like James and Bob's without a warm glow.
November 16, 2016
Cute little fellow, but unfortunately, the film in which he stars is little more than catnip.
February 10, 2017
The filmmakers do a good job of capturing the precarious reality of life on the streets within the parameters of a PG rating.
March 13, 2017
Bob was a beacon of hope off-screen, and remains the same in the predictable but pleasantly palatable adaptation of his story.
January 19, 2017
This dramatization... plays like a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie, touching lightly on serious social issues before turning into a Cinderella story.
November 18, 2016
Treadaway may be sympathetic and charming as the struggling musician, but this is Bob's show, all the way.
February 16, 2017
Spottiswoode keeps the vibe gritty and authentic, which is in itself remarkable for a film about a young man and a cat. Tough and tender, and a massive, welcome February surprise.
November 17, 2016
A savvy exercise in inspirational feel-good cinema lightly seasoned with grit.
February 08, 2017
This is one of those unfailingly nice, middle-of-the-road movies that always has its heart in the right place, even if its head is sometimes elsewhere.
November 17, 2016
A rewardingly unassuming, tough and tender portrait of a drug-addicted London busker whose ill-fated life takes a surprising turn after a ginger tabby turns up in his kitchen.
