This was a mildly interesting little documentary. When I rented this DVD (yes, I still go to a video store in 2019), I was hoping for an light-hearted and delightful film about cats jumping all over the place and doing wacky tricks. Instead, the majority of ACROCATS! 57-minute runtime is about Samantha Martin, the person behind the show. That's all well and good and it was definitely interesting (as well as depressing), but I would have been happier had there been more actual cat action. The name of the movie is ACROCATS!, after all, with an exclamation point...not ON THE ROAD WITH THE CAT SHOW.
Lack of cat action aside, ACROCATS! is still worth watching. Samantha seems like a genuinely nice person who really loves her cats. Ummm...I can't really think of much more to say. Quick runtime, good pace, way more serious than I was expecting, very little actual cat tricks, unexpected appearance by Pauly Shore (via old MTV footage), multiple conversations about lack of money that stressed me out, good camera work.
I am curious if the cats get any enjoyment out of doing the tricks or if they'd rather just be at home chillin'?
