Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat -- and she's eager to use her new skills ... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse," handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail.
A soulless amalgamation of quick edits, computer images and swooping, nausea-inducing dolly shots.
– Christy Lemire,
Associated Press,
2 May 2014
rotten:
Relentlessly gaudy and in love with its PG-13 approximation of kink, Catwoman is essentially an excuse to pose Berry in ever-skimpier outfits. It's all too pre-fab to register as sexy, though, and even the fight scenes look like fashion shoots.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
2 May 2014
rotten:
Another hundred million dollars down the drain.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
2 May 2014
rotten:
Catwoman's director, a visual-effects specialist named Pitof, is not contained by the rules of filmmaking. Scenes that make sense? Nonsense. Characters with inner lives? Utterly passe.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
2 May 2014
rotten:
The screenplay's a hodgepodge of witchcraft, ancient Egyptian lore, pulp feminism, and a dash of S&M.