I had seen the stage show many, many years ago and loved it. I had also bought the theatre video and my daughter watched it literally 10 times a day for 3 years so I must admit, I know the story by heart. Watching the film however, I realise that « other people » would find it difficult to actually follow or understand what is going on. The film needed more narration, people talking and explaining what’s it happening that night and introducing each of the cat characters. The dancing, songs, sets and visuals were fantastic though. Note sure it would appeal to your average 5 year old who isn’t dance/cat crazy. It certainly doesn’t deserve the bad critics though which are highly exaggerated and probably written by people who are Terminator fans.