This comedic film is a modern-day film noir set in the mundane world of the suburbs. Clinton Moisey (Fran Kranz) is an iconoclastic, artisan action-figure designer who still lives in his mom’s basement, and is, by the standards of the world, a full-blown loser. But Clinton doesn’t have time to care about what others think of him; he’s too busy running a yard sale where he promotes his hardboiled detective toy line with his pet cat and best friend, Mouser. When Clinton wakes up one morning to find Mouser impaled by a crossbow arrow, he is devastated. Realizing that the local Sheriff (J.K. Simmons) is only interested in flirting with his mom (Blythe Danner), Clinton sets off on his own to find out who killed Mouser and why.
As Clinton delves deeper into the case, he discovers his cat led a double life, and had another human (Nikki Reed). He also encounters a local celebrity on the verge of a nervous breakdown (Greg Kinnear), a free-spirited weed dealer/part-time hair stylist to the elderly, a squeaky-clean Korean store clerk with a dark side, ultimately uncovering a town-wide conspiracy far greater than he ever imagined.
Murder of a Cat
Comedy, neo-noir – NR – 96 min – Tickets $8 – Get tickets online
Friday, December 5 at 5:00 p.m.
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