Cats: “Cats,” Reviewed: It's Not Quite Weird Enough

That is one of the many questions arising from “Cats,” Tom Hooper’s latest film.

It was adapted from T. S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” first published eighty years ago.

But it’s vaguely to do with Old Deuteronomy listening to various cats before making what she calls her Jellicle choice.

If they’re talking cats, why do they have normal hands?

Are there more cats stacked inside her, like cozy Russian dolls, and, if so, how many?