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The Truth About Cats & Dogs

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

Comedy · Romance · 1996

A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.

Movie details

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

“Brian's about to discover the woman he loves isn't the woman he loves.”

1996 Comedy · Romance 1h 33m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

29.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

85 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

64 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Lehmann

Written by

Audrey Wells

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Noelle

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Abby

Ben Chaplin

Ben Chaplin

Brian

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Ed

James McCaffrey

James McCaffrey

Roy

Richard Coca

Richard Coca

Eric

Stanley DeSantis

Stanley DeSantis

Mario

Court is in session

Put The Truth About Cats & Dogs on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.