A Talking Cat!?!

A Talking Cat!?!, released in the UK as Duffy: The Talking Cat, is a 2013 direct-to-DVD independent family film produced by Rapid Heart Pictures and distributed by Phase 4 Films. The film stars Eric Roberts, Johnny Whitaker, Kristine DeBell, Justin Cone, and Janis Valdez (credited as Janis Peebles), written by Andrew Helm, and directed by David DeCoteau under the pseudonym Mary Crawford.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The poster is really strange and ridiculous.
 * 2) The concept sounds cliched and uninspired.
 * 3) There are way too many establishing shots: at least FIFTY of them, despite the movie only taking place in a couple of limited locations.
 * 4) Extremely terrible acting, dialogue, and horrendously bad special effects, especially with how Duffy's mouth is animated whenever he talks, which looks like an literal Adobe After Effects circle. It's worth mentioning other pieces of media had more convincing CGI than this.
 * 5) Terrible scene continuity; several times, the time clearly changes from the previous shot (like night suddenly turning to daylight outside).
 * 6) Eric Roberts literally phoned in his voice as Duffy in 15 minutes.
 * 7) Small, minimal soundtrack.
 * 8) Plot Hole: Nothing is explained about why Duffy talks or what on Earth that orb was that came out of him when he got injured.
 * 9) The humor falls flat, mostly on slapstick.
 * 10) Some one-dimensional characters.
 * 11) You can sometimes see a laser pointer and cat food next to the cat.
 * 12) False advertising: The poster shows Duffy portrayed as a kitten, but in the actual film, he is an adult.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The plot points of the conflicts of the two families that Duffy encounters could've made for interesting stories.
 * 2) The ending, while it does feel like the conflicts were resolved too easily, was still heartwarming.

Trailer
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Trivia

 * The set for Phil (Johnny Whitaker) and Chris' (Justin Cone) house was used for the 2011 pornographic film Jules Jordan's Ass Worship #13 in the scenes featuring porn star Franceska Jaimes.