My Cats

I've always been a fan of cats. They know where it's at - what with the exploring, and killing things. But even I was surprised at the quality of these cats.

The story is very well realised - cats are born, 18 weeks ago; two brothers break it out on their own and make an incredible journey to the Sheffield cat shelter. Once there, we see their rise to the top, being pampered by staff all day. I almost cried with happiness at the bit where they went from soft food to crunchy biscuits.

But as always, the plot took a sinister twist. Just as our heroes were living the good life, they were struck down with a case of flu, making them all gungey in the eyes. The staff turned sinister. They began injecting them and slipping drugs into their food - before they knew it, they were unconcious a lot of the time.

*SPOILER*

Thankfully, this story has a brilliant twist. It turns out that the brothers were not the subject of cruel animal testing after all. Rather, the staff at the Shelter were nursing them back to health, and giving them their jabs to stop them getting ill from other things. So they were being looked after all along.

Then, they finally get their big break that sorts them out for life. After all their trouble, the brothers are introduced to two 'big people' who usher them into a mysterious box. The box starts moving and shaking - strange images appearing outside the grill of the door.

When they left the mysterious box, they found themselves in a warm house, made of reclaimed materials, with a warm Aga to sleep on and a Christmas Tree still standing to play with. All over the place there were toys to play with - it was a real tear-jerking ending. The two big people kept the food bowls full and the litter tray clean and they all lived happily ever after.

The performances were incredible. Samson's air of elegant grace was balanced well with Luca's sense of wonderment. They really are perfect for these roles.

Now all I need to do is watch 'Its a Wonderful Life' again and I'll have finished my transformation into a girl.