The Porcelain Pussy (2004) User Reviews

Well, I laughed

[drn5 · 9/10 · 19 November 2004]

I saw 'The Porcelain Pussy' at the Halifax Film Festival and thought it was great fun. It's a gender-reversed film noir spoof, in which a hard-boiled female detective tries to locate the eponymous ceramic feline. All the noir clichés are amusingly inverted, so there's a scene in which the lady detective meets a glamorous homme fatale who bats his eyelashes a lot and is filmed in a soft focus glow. The chick whom plays the detective is very funny and has the hard-boiled style down perfectly. Also, the cinematographer deserves praise for beautifully capturing the film noir look.

It's not going to change the world but it's a funny film with some great performances and I hope it gets distribution of some kind.

Brilliant!

[mondocinema · 9 February 2005]

I just saw this film at the World of Comedy Film Festival in Toronto and thought it was just brilliant in its simplicity and spot-on execution. Very funny!

The performances were strong, it never dragged and every frame of film was a perfect reflection of the noir genre. It's amazing what you can achieve with a simple gender reversal.

Comedies are so underrated at film festivals but when they're done right they rank right up there with the highest art. I hope this film gets more exposure at foreign film festivals.

Kudos to the filmmakers and to the lead actress, Shauna MacDonald.