NINE LIVES

NINE LIVES:  A simple premise...Kevin Spacey is turned into a cat under mysterious circumstances.
He most likely shouldn't have gone into that pet store owned by Christopher Walken.  Jennifer Garner plays the wife to the workaholic Spacy and Mark Consuelos does nicely as the villain in a subplot concerning Spacey's business venture.   The point is they all chose to be in this movie.  The poor cat didn't.  And while the cat is mostly the work of CGI artists, it none the less, takes the blunt of everything which is at times almost painful to watch.  And though there are a few laughs along the way, the film is pretty much witless and extremely short in the humor department.   So, I guess I'd call it a "family film" that misses the mark.  Adding that children may be bored by some of the boardroom shenanigans.  "Nine Lives" was a three on my cat scan!