Cat People (1942) Movie Review

Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Alec Craig.

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Review Summaries

"Irena (Simone Simon), a Serbian-born artist living in New York, is haunted by the seemingly-irrational fear that she is a descendant of a race of cat-women. A ship designer, Oliver Reed (Kent Smith), falls in love with the girl and tries to convince her that her feline instincts are no more than a slight mental aberration. Unfortunately, his efforts have little effect. So he enlists the aid of a fashionable psychiatrist, Dr Judd (Tom Conway)."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on present day Earth
Romance Yes
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - magically turned into an animal or monster
Human/Magical couple? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Age: - 20's-30's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - can talk to animals
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlng, straight
Body type - average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more... - introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality - Eastern European
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Ethnicity - Eastern European

Setting
Big cities? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Check here if B&W Yes
Any profanity? - None
Kinds of F/X - Things that change shape/morph

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