Cats in a Bag: A chaotic Christmas mess

Is it worth your time?

Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for that classic, frantic animation style where every second is packed with movement. If you hate noise, or if you prefer a plot that actually goes somewhere, skip this. It’s basically just a series of loud collisions for seven minutes.

Puddy the Pup finds these kittens in the snow and the movie immediately loses its mind. It’s like the animators were afraid that if they stopped moving for a single frame, the audience would fall asleep. The kittens aren't just cute; they are absolute agents of destruction.

There’s a specific bit where a kitten gets tangled in some holiday decorations that just goes on forever. It’s funny for the first three seconds, then it’s just… a lot. You can really tell they were just trying to fill time between the bigger chase sequences.

It reminds me a bit of the frantic energy in Building a Building, where everything is constantly about to break. But here, it feels less like a story and more like a fever dream about vacuum cleaners and broken ornaments.

Some random thoughts:

• The sound design is genuinely exhausting. It’s just constant squeaking and crashing.
• The snow looks surprisingly decent for the time, though it disappears once they get inside.
• I think I counted four kittens, but after the fifth crash, I lost track.
• Puddy looks genuinely stressed out, which is the most relatable part of the whole thing.

I don't know why we keep making movies where dogs try to handle cats in bags, but here we are. It’s not exactly deep, and it certainly isn't The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, but it works if you just want to watch stuff get destroyed for a bit. 🐱🎄