Happy Memorial Day!!!
Should blatantly not count this because I specifically picked it out as something to watch during the last 50something minutes of a flight so I jumped straight to the middle-ish of the movie and let it rip -- absolutely delightful use of a back-heavy movie, until they turned off the entertainment system a little too early. Is this what the upcoming Ruben Östlund movie is about?
All are equal here. Judi Dench is no better at acting than Taylor Swift. Jennifer Hudson is no more effective at singing than Rebel Wilson. Ian McKellen has no more dignity than Jason Derulo. For possibly the first time in cinematic history, James Corden is no more of a nuisance than anyone else on screen. All brought to the same level. All Cats.
Probably a bad sign for everything that the aspect of this that struck me as most immediately implausible is that like millions and millions of people would read a single book.