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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergMr. Zürcher has concocted something intimate yet otherworldly with this highly original debut.
- 91The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyRamon Zürcher’s miniature debut, The Strange Little Cat, is one of the most confident and unusual first features in recent memory.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangThis kind of vérité surrealism doesn’t come along very often, and the glorious oddness that Zurcher manages to infuse into even the most routinely domestic activities is really the gift the film keeps on giving.
- 80Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekVillage VoiceStephanie ZacharekThis odd little wonder captures the delicate textures and shadowy half-secrets of family life, mapping them out in a mosaic of fragmented dialogue and half-poetic, half-prosaic images.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeDespite all that it withholds, The Strange Little Cat ultimately proves a far more revealing form of family portrait.
- 75RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyStrange and creepy and entertaining.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThere are so many witty touches and sharp little observations here that The Strange Little Cat can be forgiven for ultimately making no dramatic statement.
- 70The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasA beautiful, mysterious, beguiling cinematic doodle, and an absolute master class in mise-en-scène, unfolding in odd, fragmented frames and precisely choreographed movement within those frames.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineAs pleasant and effortless as Ramon Zürcher makes his formal persnicketiness and Akermanian aesthetic rigor seem, his film feels lightweight.