I now know that the human race has no hope if this unbelievably perfect and flawless piece of art and beauty did not alter every soul who has been fortunate enough to see it. Maybe people have no souls these days~ according to reviews, I am convinced that is possible.

I have only seen it twice. I will be going everyday while it runs at the theatre and, eventually, purchasing it when it has come out on DVD. Every nuance, note, and movement has purpose beyond this world. The plot is THE plot. The entirety of the human condition is captured in less than two hours. Beautiful, sublime, heart wrenching….there are not words appropriate enough or suitably superlative. I sobbed from beginning to end in penitent and cleansing tears for anyone I have wronged or lost opportunity to do right and good. It exhausted me and I cannot wait to escape into that world again soon.

The music ~ breathtakingly pristine. The intensely meaningful dialogue through sung, spoken, and unspoken means is crystal clear. And poetically pointed. Allegorically or literally, the meaning of life in how we spend our days and how much use we are to each other has NEVER been so clearly spelled out in a story framed onscreen.

I have been privileged to see this musical LIVE fourteen times professionally and a few times via amateur productions. The movie has done a valiant transformation of it’s original version. Oh, more than that. There is no way anyone can NOT identify with the ageless truths of kindness vs. cruelty, good vs. bad, and our own mortality and how we choose to lean in our time spent here on earth with our own actions. Combine that with stunning movement, music, and cinematography and what “CATS” the movie has accomplished is beyond ANYTHING I have ever seen. Absolutely anything.

I know that in 57 years, I have never been so happy to be able to see and hear. I KNOW true joy in a purer form than I have known it before.

Bravo to people who have invested in making this film, this masterpiece of the highest degree.

Thank you with all that lies in me.