A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.
Despite the elaborate production design and the earnest efforts of Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen and the rest of the big-name talent - transformed into singing felines with creepy "digital fur technology" - this adaptation of the stage musical is a slick and tedious and weird-looking exercise in self-indulgence. - One and a half stars