The script is stupid and debasing, subjecting the tycoon to numerous cat-piss and emasculation jokes after he turns into "Mister Fuzzypants."
– Leah Pickett,
Chicago Reader,
11 Aug 2016
rotten:
It's not that Nine Lives is terrible. It's just that it's not terrible enough.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
9 Aug 2016
rotten:
A Frankenstein's monster of Hollywood's worst instincts, a movie made with a math formula where its vision should have been. The fact of the matter is that you're going to need nine wines to endure "Nine Lives."
– Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Aug 2016
rotten:
The cast member you really feel bad for is the cat.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
7 Aug 2016
rotten:
Family audiences should not be fooled. This witless talking cat movie needs to go out with the kitty litter.