Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

gridoon2018 "Cat And Mouse" runs a little too long at about 103 minutes, and the murder mystery at its center is not exceptionally gripping, yet it has a lot going for it: some exciting camera-work (especially in a wild car ride from Paris to the countryside and back), an engagingly idiosyncratic central character (played by Serge Reggiani), lots of subtle humor, and a solution to all the mysteries that is simple, logical, unexpected, and very French. The narrative frequently moves back and forth in time and place, so the film does require the viewer's undivided attention; Claude Lelouch is not a "genre" director / writer, so this is not a typical "genre" film by any means. *** out of 4.

orange714 Cat and Mouse is one of the best detective films I've ever seen. I agree with the poster who suggests this would be a great film for someone to restore and re-release. As it is written and directed by the incredible Claude Lelouch, I am surprised that it is unavailable. I'd love to be able to buy a copy of it, so I can stop searching every old video retailer in every city I visit, hoping that I'll find this jewel.The photography is excellent, as is the pacing of the film. As the viewer, you're both rooting for the "Lechat", the detective (Serge Reggiani) to solve the case, and, at the same time, you hope he doesn't.The beautiful, sophisticated and classy Michele Morgan is perfectly cast as the wife of the murder victim.

writers_reign Despite a bulging CV - he is currently filming his 49th film - Claude Lelouch is regarded in some quarters as a one-trick pony who offers his public the same chocolate box time and again with only the wrapping slightly changed. It is perhaps unfortunate that his Un Homme et une femme caught the public mood so significantly forty years ago that they have been subconsciously urging him to eclipse it, a task that has proved impossible. Nevertheless I would argue that he has turned out some interesting and entertaining movies over the years and this is certainly amongst them. Back in 1975 this film had something Great going for it; it marked the return to the screen of an icon of French cinema, Michele Morgan after an eight-year lay-off so that theoretically it could have been the worst French film since Breathless and it would still have had them beating a path to the box office. It wasn't, of course, worse than Breathless but then what is, except perhaps Mr Bean, it was, in fact, a highly entertaining divertissement in the shape of a thriller that posed the question was millionaire Jean-Pierre Aumont pushed or did he fall and if he WAS pushed who did it, his wife, Michele Morgan, the obvious suspect or a third party. That's for Serge Reggiani - playing the applicably named Lechat - to discover with the help, or hindrance, of his sidekick Philippe Leotard - and French movie buffs will be delighted to get a glimpse of Vernon Dobtcheff in there as well. Not unnaturally Reggiani is attracted to Morgan which throws in an extra dimension and Lelouch also manages to indulge his love of fast cars in a sequence where Reggiani and Leotard attempt to 'time' a journey from Paris to the provinces and for the most part the camera is mounted in the driver's seat. In short this is a great example of Lelouch's earlier work.

dbdumonteil A rich bourgeois has died:is it suicide or murder?As he cheated on his wife ,and was about to divorce from her,the lady (Michèle Morgan) is the main suspect.Claude Lelouch,who is ,at least to my eyes, a minor French director ,is at his best when he tries his hand at light thrillers or comedies ."Le Chat et la Souris" recalls "le Voyou" ,with its construction which looks like a puzzle ,its screenplay "à Tiroirs" and even the movie in the movie trick .Lelouch really plays cat and mouse with the audience as Detective Lechat (sic)(Regggiani) does with his still attractive suspect (or is it the other way about?).There are plenty of funny scenes and some witty lines ("you see this distinguished lady riding a motorbike?");and the nail in the Rum Baba in the chic restaurant is a good idea to provide the detective with the final clue (so to speak,for "nail" is "clou" in French).Objections: there are not enough scenes where Reggiani and Morgan are together ,and the scenes of the detective's private life (and his assistant's ,played by Philippe Leotard)get in the way.This film accounts for the difference between Lelouch's world and ,say ,Chabrol's. The latter ,in his best works ,ferociously attacks the bourgeoisie.Lelouch,on the other hand ,makes sure the bourgeois moral is intact.Thou shalt not covet other people's possession.