It becomes really loving, although it doesn't have a lot of "oomph." It's just sweet scenes, one after another.

| Jan 18, 2023

Wildcat remains a tense, diverting study of a man struggling with internal demons while doing his best for an initially helpless creature.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 3, 2023

[The filmmakers'] choices make this would-be redemption narrative feel unfortunately and uncomfortably exploitative.

| Dec 30, 2022

It tunnels deep and becomes a statement about the beauty and cruelty of the world.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 28, 2022

Wildcat is not a fairy tale... But it does reconcile its realities with the elusive nature of happiness, which for both men and cats can mean what’s within their grasp.

| Dec 28, 2022

Beneath the emotional power, however, it’s hard not to shake the sense that there’s a performative element to the documentary’s DNA.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 27, 2022

For the folks...who just love watching dangerous kittens be kittens in the Amazon basin, consider your cinematic catnip delivered.

| Dec 22, 2022

While the points where Wildcat goes beyond simply being a feel-good nature documentary and delves into Harry’s mental health struggles are honest, they raise more questions than they answer.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 22, 2022

Wildcat relates a poignant story about two wounded entities who become more whole once their paths cross.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 21, 2022

Lurking beneath the lushly photographed camouflage is a tenderly moving, deeply empathetic human survival story that has as much to do with emotional trauma as it does with the physical.

| Dec 21, 2022

It’s genuinely heartfelt, made with incredible sensitivity and emotional intelligence by Melissa Lesh and Trevor Frost.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2022

The metaphor — both Turner and Keanu need to rehabilitate their behavior before returning to their respective “natural” environments — is obvious, of course, but well-balanced by the film’s intimate look at the lives man and cat live away from society.

| Dec 19, 2022

It mostly works, with one catch. “Wildcat” doesn’t quite hang together, both visually, which is forgivable, and narratively.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 19, 2022

A riveting journey into the wild.

| Sep 7, 2022