Looks likeCatsmade it tothe Oscarsafter all!
The two walked out together in full bodysuits of theirCatscharacters, complete with feline-inspired makeup on their faces, which was met with laughter from the audience.
“As cast members of the motion pictureCats,” Wilson started off, “nobody more than us understands the importance,” Corden continued, before they both finished, “of good visual effects.”
Catswas released in theaters Christmas week and earned $6.6 million in its opening weekend against a $95 million budget. The film earned a 17 percent score from critics onRotten Tomatoesand a 58 percent audience score.
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It has polarized critics, with some loving the whimsical film while others wonder why it had been made.
“The worst thing aboutCats— and I was forced to see two cat burglars sensually drape a string of pearls around the scruff of Haywars in the obvious foray to a cat threesome — is that it was made in the first place,” wroteGlobe and Mailcritic Chandler Levack.
TheWall Street Journal’s John Anderson wrote, “Artistically, it’s a hairball. There’s no story to speak of, Mr. Webber’s music is immediately forgettable and, like a cat standing at an open door, it takes forever to get where it’s going.”
source: people.com
