grumpy cat ' s worst christmas ever
the christmas miracle of this movie is that grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever isn' t the worst christmas movie ever .
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festive feline... grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever, one of lifetime’s yuletide offerings. photograph: lifetime
grumpy cat and chrystal (megan charpentier) hide in a mall in
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever .
( handout )
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever is a seasonal comedy caper about a young girl and a cat who foil a dognapping .
unfortunately for lifetime and humanity, the network’s latest made - for - tv movie, grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever, falls into the last category .
aubrey plaza has' worst christmas ever' as grumpy cat grumpy cat celebrated christmas once. it was awful. after becoming an internet celebrity, the foul - faced furball is trying her paw at acting in' grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever,' voiced by aubrey plaza. check out this story on urltoken urltoken
aubrey plaza and grumpy cat in lifetime’s original movie ,
grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever ,
premiering saturday, nov. 29, at 8 p. m. et / pt .
before i get started on
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever ,
a terrible movie that i nevertheless enjoyed, let me clear up a few things about grumpy cat .
grumpy cat appears at lifetime' s grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever event at macy' s union square on november 21, 2014 in san francisco, california. (steve jennings / getty images for civic entertain )
grumpy cat celebrated christmas once. it was awful. after becoming an internet celebrity, the foul - faced furball is trying her paw at acting in' grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever,' voiced by aubrey plaza .
and so we get the broadly tongue - in - cheek
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever ,
making the first of many, many appearances saturday night on lifetime .
the live - action movie is aptly named “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever, ” and the human to voice the four - legged star has not yet been cast. it will shoot this summer .
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she’s grumpy cat, the dour - faced star of countless disapproving internet memes. now, however, the feline (whose nonstage name is tardar sauce) has gone multimedia and has the title role in “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever, ” which went on sale on dvd this week .
should you derive any pleasure at all from “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever” (airing on lifetime at 8 p. m. saturday), grumpy cat herself (voiced by “ parks and recreation’s ” aubrey plaza) frequently interrupts her narration to remind you how awful the movie is and how it’s your fault for watching .
the grumpy cat tv christmas movie is here, about a year too late, and it’s as mindlessly soul - sucking as one might expect (hope ?) a grumpy cat tv christmas movie to be .
lifetime’s weirdly meta film, grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever —which comes complete with aubrey plaza appearing onscreen to announce she’s voicing the beloved internet meme—is, essentially, the story of one young girl’s attempt at making friends and saving a mall. yep; it sounds about as interesting as it is to watch .
the guardian, mysa, and st. louis post dispatch were more positive in their reviews, and the st. louis post dispatch commented that although the film was
terrible
they still enjoyed it overall. the hollywood reporter also gave a positive review, stating
[ t ] he christmas miracle of this movie is that grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever isn' t the worst christmas movie ever
, and praising the writing and aubrey plaza' s voice acting .
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever could use a whole lot more of plaza' s ad - libbed derision for the entire project and the suckers who find themselves watching it. the claws do come out, but the scratches just aren' t deep enough .
in grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever, premiering november 29 at 8 / 7c on lifetime, grumpy cat stars as a pet store feline who' s never chosen for adoption — which leads to her sour outlook on life. along comes a 12 - year - old girl, who can actually hear grumpy cat talk. the two eventually go on adventures together and, yes, discover the true meaning of christmas .
a: um, hell yeah. i have a grumpy cat iphone case that i' m using at this very moment. and i have grumpy cat toys, i have a grumpy cat keychain, i have grumpy cat earbuds, a grumpy cat notebook, a grumpy cat vibrator … (laughs) .
internet sensation grumpy cat (aka tardar sauce, voiced by aubrey plaza) stars in her first screen production in grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever. a semi - permanent resident of a mall pet store after being bought and returned twice, grumpy cat makes the acquaintance of 12 - year - old chrystal (megan charpentier) when a christmas wish allows her to hear the cat talk. when the two stumble into a christmas eve robbery in the mall, grumpy cat reluctantly helps chrystal outsmart the dimwitted criminals, leading to a unique camaraderie between the two. as chrystal learns the value of friendship, grumpy is forced to consider the possibility that there may be a silver lining to the holidays. or maybe it will still be the worst christmas ever .
in
grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever ,
grumpy cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. because she always gets passed over and never gets chosen by customers, this kitty develops a sour outlook on life until…one day during the holidays, a very special 12 - year - old girl named chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with grumpy cat. a unique friendship is formed between the two when chyrstal finds she is the only person who can hear this unique feline talk. in the middle of the holiday rush, grumpy reluctantly thwarts the kidnapping of an expensive exotic dog she can’t stand and rescues chyrstal after the mall closes on christmas eve. will grumpy cat learn the true meaning of christmas, or will it be in grumpy’s words, “worst. christmas. ever? ”
originally a made - for - tv movie, “worst christmas” is unlike such holiday classics as alastair sim’s landmark 1951 rendition of “a christmas carol” or lionel barrymore’s 1946 epic, “it’s a wonderful life, ” in that it doesn’t take itself seriously .
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever is a lifetime channel movie, a christmas movie, and a movie based on a web series... . that' s a lot of knocks against it. on the other hand, it has aubrey plaza providing the voice for the titular cat, so it can' t be all bad, right? more ...
grumpy cat :
that' s a different kind of lifetime movie .
the reason the holiday is grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever is that having already been returned by a pair of customers who were seeking a more pleasant companion, she apparently will be spending the rest of her days being annoyed by the other talking animals in a mall pet store .
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever
is summed up by an on - screen quotation somewhere in the tail end (so to speak) of the action .
some are born to greatness, some achieve greatness and some watch christmas movies starring cats ,
it goes .
i think you know which you are .
in
grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever ,
grumpy cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. because she always gets passed over and never gets chosen by customers, this kitty develops a sour outlook on life until... one day during the holidays, a very special 12 - year - old girl named chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with grumpy cat. a unique friendship is formed between the two when chyrstal finds she is the only person who can hear this unique feline talk. in the middle of the holiday rush, grumpy reluctantly thwarts the kidnapping of an expensive exotic dog she can' t stand and rescues chyrstal after the mall closes on christmas eve. will grumpy cat learn the true meaning of christmas, or will it be in grumpy' s words ,
worst. christmas. ever ?
( c) lifetime
what is this movie? it’s your typical schmaltzy lifetime made - for - television christmas movie, but starring that lovable internet meme grumpy cat .
mostly, though, grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever is another shameless cash grab (grumpy cat’s pimps her official merchandise more than once) and a shoddy attempt at getting attention for the network (grumpy cat also breaks the fourth wall by telling viewers to tweet while watching the movie with the hashtag # worstchristmasever). it’s terribly written (by two writers), with jokes ranging from “beautiful? on what planet? planet ugly? ” to “devil’s advo cat. ” that’s the level of humor you’re going to get from a lifetime movie about a grumpy cat, but, well, what did you expect ?
at two hours in length (with commercials, it will feel like only five hours), “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever” could use a whole lot more of plaza’s ad - libbed derision for the entire project and the suckers who find themselves watching it. the claws do come out, but the scratches just aren’t deep enough .
grumpy cat' s worst game ever has been produced together with the marketing team behind grumpy cat. the game went into production in september 2016. over the course of 3 months, there was intense communication between both parties in order to deliver a product which satisfies grumpy cat fans at the minimum. grumpy cat' s name, features and characteristics are registered and trademarked, meaning all aspects of the ip had to be taken into account during production .
grumpy cat is right about one thing: people are going to watch this. but trust me, no matter how much you want to avoid relatives this thanksgiving, this movie is a waste of your time. don’t give lifetime the ratings. grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever was inevitable, but maybe, just maybe, we can kill the sequel before it happens .
kind of lifetime movie ,
grumpy comments. the christmas miracle of this movie is that
grumpy cat' s thriving merchandise line is the obvious motivation behind this otherwise forgettable movie .
grumpy cat, who goes by tardar sauce in her private life, makes her money through appearances at conventions like south by southwest and comicon, as well licensing for a wide variety of products, including a series of best - selling children’s books, greeting cards, friskies cat food, a line of coffee drinks called “grumpucchinos, ” and even a feature film – “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever
premiered on lifetime over thanksgiving weekend .
grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever does manage to add some additional spice to the mixture. the movie is as self - aware as a talking cat – constantly referring to lifetime movies, the fact that aubrey plaza is providing the voice, what sort of special effects the budget will allow, and even letting us know that they are going to take a break to earn some money during the commercials. if the presence of grumpy cat didn’t alert you in the first place, this is an internet - age holiday special which peddles in the preferred brands of online humor: snark, meta - commentary, and sarcasm. when grumpy cat repeatedly tells us to go on twitter and “hashtag worst christmas ever, ” it’s hard to tell if she’s being serious .
we continue our hunt for an overlooked christmas classic in the dvd bargain bin. our latest treat? grumpy cat ...
after shrugging off this big event, we cut to christmas morning. oh yeah, . this is a christmas movie. for her big present, she gets to adopt grumpy cat. yay .
this was awful. it’s not so much the movie but the voice of grumpy cat is not fitting. here is a cat that has the best ‘grumpy’ face ever and that’s the best voice the casting people could come up with? aubrey plaza may be a great actress / personality, but the voice of grumpy cat? this was just wrong .
there are signs that the grumpy cat star may be fading: the critical reception for “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever, ” was lukewarm at best, with what entertainment weekly called “sub - purr” ratings. still: my cat, great as she is, has yet to earn me a nickel (if anything, she’s on the hook for nine years of food and vet bills) and i suspect the vast majority of the world’s cat owners would say the same. a cat that can generate any income, even if it' s not $ 100 million, is nothing to be sneered at .
there are other subplots and characters here, because, in order to lampoon holiday movie tropes, “grumpy cat’s worst christmas” has to first come up with its own bad holiday movie. this is momentarily inspired, as grumpy cat’s face floats across the screen during the non - grumpy cat moments: “blah, blah, blah, ” grumpy cat’s voice says over the flirtatious conversation between a waitress and one of santa’s mall elves. “b - story, b - story, not my line, not my line, blah, blah, blah. ”
the film was created to showcase grumpy cat (real name tardar sauce), the subject of an internet meme which first appeared in 2012. by the end of 2013, the company which manages grumpy cat' s image was valued at around $ 1 million. it is managed by ben lashes, who is credited as an executive producer on grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever. tim hill, one of the writers, had previously directed garfield: a tail of two kitties and alvin and the chipmunks .
crystal reveals where the keys are, and grumpy cat pipes in to say she’s not ognan die .
an introverted tweenager named chrystal (megan charpentier) has acquired the special ability to hear grumpy cat’s mean - spirited thoughts; eventually, she and grumpy cat spend a night in the mall foiling the plans of two would - be burglars. from the advertising, viewers may have been led to believe that the movie’s climax involves a car - chase with grumpy cat behind the wheel of a car, in some unacknowledged homage to “saturday night live’s” toonces sketches of yore, but alas: the budget is so low for “grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever” that the cat must switch seats with the 12 - year - old girl to let her drive. (it should be noted that grumpy cat, true to her personality, spends most of the movie in repose, either on pillows or in someone’s arms. )
the ads, of course, are of vital importance because that’s how the network makes money, something the film makes continuous reference to. also mentioned repeatedly are hopes for a sequel (twice) and mentions (with visual representations, no less) of all the grumpy cat merchandise available for sale (thrice). while christmas can be an exceedingly capitalistic time of year, worst christmas doesn’t even try to address that, settling instead for what it sees as self - deprecation, when really, it’s just honesty. the people who made grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever don’t give a shit about quality. they phoned it in, told us they were phoning it in, and cackled all the way to the bank .
except it' s only vaguely about grumpy cat, and primarily about chrystal (megan charpentier), a lonely girl who hangs out at the mall where grumpy cat lives at the pet store, and who just wants a true friend for christmas .
assures crystal that he' s not going to hurt her. but grumpy cat, however ...
the film was created to showcase grumpy cat (real name tardar sauce), the subject of an internet meme which first appeared in 2012. [ 1 ] by the end of 2013, the company which manages grumpy cat' s image was valued at around $ 1 million. it is managed by ben lashes, who is credited as an executive producer on grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever. [ 4 ] tim hill, one of the writers, had previously directed garfield: a tail of two kitties and alvin and the chipmunks .
we’ve worn out the joke, which was never an actual joke. it was just a picture, a fad, some sad evidence that our culture really hasn’t moved a stone since “garfield. ” now, “grumpy cat’s worst christmas” steps in with all sorts of unwanted narrative .
as for what actually happens in the film? grumpy cat and her human counterpart save the day, and there will probably be a sequel. that’s all you need to know. now, go buy some grumpy cat merchandise—because that’s what grumpy cat asks you to do—and never watch this movie again .
q: there' s a running joke throughout the film about grumpy cat merchandise. do you own any ?
deadpan snarker: grumpy cat constantly snarks about everything around her, including the very movie she' s in .
in grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever, grumpy (voiced by aubrey plaza) is a pet store feline who has been returned at least twice for being
the kind of cat who looks like she would smother you in your sleep .
she (reluctantly) becomes attached to a friendless 12 - year - old girl, chrystal (the excellent and sharp megan charpentier), who volunteers at the pet store, after a magical coin allows chrystal to hear grumpy' s sardonic musings. (like grumpy referring to her as
a blonde witch .
)
ah, christmas: it’s a time of year for peace, love, and pop - culture artifacts that cash in on people’s willingness to watch, buy, or listen to anything remotely christmas - related — which explains lifetime’s latest made - for - tv movie / pop trend cash - in, grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever. one of the internet’s most famous and profitable memes, the sour - faced kitty (given name: tardar sauce) stars as a curmudgeonly talking feline voiced by parks and recreation star aubrey plaza. it’s ostensibly a caper - cum - heartwarming holiday story; alas, it doesn’t hit either of those marks, and is instead an occasionally entertaining, mostly befuddling mess of a movie .
here are 10 of the takeaways we got from watching grumpy cat in action .
she wishes that she could make a friend. then grumpy cat pops up .
nothing in grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever makes much sense because it’s all so inane. the movie, as you’ve probably realized by now, gets weirdly meta. it opens with grumpy cat narrating, “you don’t have to watch it, but i know you’re going to. so. ” and she’s right, of course, because so many people are going to watch this thing, even though they don’t necessarily want to. at one point, we see aubrey plaza in the recording booth voicing grumpy cat. there’s a fantasy sequence where grumpy cat dreams about becoming a famous internet cat — complete with a shot of the “i had fun once. it was awful” meme, the words appearing on the screen in that infamous meme font — and eventually getting her own lifetime movie .
wishing well: crystal uses a magic christmas coin on one to make a wish for a friend. she ended up gaining the ability to understand grumpy cat .
the result is “grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever, ” which has some funny lines from plaza while occasionally inserting grumpy cat into ridiculous situations (a paintball gun is involved at one point), but is mostly trying to do what it can within the limitations of its budget, its network and its leading feline. you' ll probably laugh a few times, but within a half hour, you' ll understand why there hasn' t been a rush to make a nyan cat or david after dentist film .
today’s christmas offering is another example of this trend. it baffled everyone when it was announced, and upon release, it only baffled further. but first, a little history. grumpy cat is a dumb internet meme that was amusing for a bit but eventually, we got tired of it. so, it was like every meme ever. i’m not sure how grumpy cat exploded, but she did. it’s a cute meme but that’s really it .
oh yeah, i forgot this existed. possibly the first movie to ever focus on an internet meme .
so it’s messy as it gets, tonally all over the place, astonishingly bad at times and a frustratingly missed opportunity (just think how good a savvy digital age satire of lifetime movies could’ve been in the hands of someone witty). yet still, grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever probably sits near the top of the pound shop christmas pile for me. it shouldn’t. but i dunno. there are a lot of cookie - cutter christmas movies out there. maybe i’m just jaded and craving the buzz of something i’ve not seen before but this – while terrible – is, at least, uniquely terrible. as whitney houston might say, it’s not right… but it’s okay .
it includes violence and kidnapping. grumpy cat starts to care about someone, finally .
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grumpy cat made nearly $ 100 million? not quite, owner says. - urltoken
lifetime has found the voice of grumpy cat: parks and recreation star aubrey plaza .
with grumpy cat narrating the young girl’s story—and popping in to drive cars and operate paintball guns—the film focuses on a mall pet store and the two musicians who decide to steal a $ 1 million dog. the annoying animals and even more annoying humans pull focus from grumpy cat’s grumpy face, just to make desperate jokes that ultimately fall flat. which makes one wonder: if this is grumpy cat’s christmas, why aren’t we just watching grumpy cat walk around for two hours? (which, by the way, would have been five times more entertaining than the actual film. )
the frowning feline shot to fame in 2012, becoming an internet meme, book sensation and magazine - cover star. now the foul - faced furball (real name: tardar sauce) is trying her paw at acting, starring in lifetime' s grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever (saturday, 8 p. m. et / pt). usa today hopped on the phone with aubrey plaza (parks and recreation), who voices the cranky cat, to chat about the unhappy holiday comedy :
grumpy cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. because she never gets chosen by customers, she develops a sour outlook on life... until one day during the holidays, a very special 12 - year - old girl named chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with her after realizing she is the only person who can hear this unique cat talk. as the two develop a close friendship during the holiday rush, grumpy reluctantly thwarts the kidnapping of an exotic dog she dislikes, and on christmas eve rescues chyrstal after the mall closes. through her adventures, will grumpy learn the true meaning of christmas? or will it be, in her words, the
worst. christmas. ever ?
3. grumpy cat is either an extremely patient, or an extremely tired, kitty .
grumpy cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. because she never gets chosen by customers, she develops a sour outlook on life... until one day during the holidays, a very special 12 - year - old girl named chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with her after realizing she is the only person who can hear this unique cat talk. as the two develop a close friendship during the holiday rush, grumpy reluctantly thwarts the kidnapping of an exotic dog she dislikes, and on christmas eve rescues chyrstal after the mall closes. through her adventures, will grumpy learn the true meaning of christmas? or will it be, in her words, the
worst. christmas. ever ?
written by lifetime
grumpy cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. because she never gets chosen by customers, she develops a sour outlook on life... until one day during the holidays, a very special 12 - year - old girl named chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with her after realizing she is the only person who can hear this unique cat talk. as the two develop a close friendship during the holiday rush, grumpy reluctantly thwarts the kidnapping of an exotic dog she dislikes, and on christmas eve rescues chyrstal after the mall closes. through her adventures, will grumpy learn the true meaning of christmas? or will it be, in her words, the
worst. christmas. ever ?
( imdb )
the film received negative reviews. the av club and entertainment weekly both panned the film, and the av club called it
the largest turd in [ lifetime' s ] crap crown of original programming... so unforgiving, so psychologically trying, that the process alone leaves the viewer straining to hear the dialogue over the sound of the soul being crushed wholesale, bone and sinew wrenched apart at the joint .
the guardian, mysa, and st. louis post dispatch were more positive in their reviews, and the st. louis post dispatch commented that although the film was
terrible
they still enjoyed it overall. the hollywood reporter also gave a positive review, stating
[ t ] he christmas miracle of this movie is that grumpy cat' s worst christmas ever isn' t the worst christmas movie ever
, and praising the writing and aubrey plaza' s voice acting. (wikipedia )
is the cat really grumpy? no, she’s just drawn that way. she’s not so much a grump as, well, contrarian. her definition of grump is much like alanis morrissette’s definition of irony .
“welcome to grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever. the movie! you don’t have to watch it, but i know you’re going to. if you do, you might be treated to high speed car chases, huge explosions, a hero in a leotard and cape that saves the world, and doesn’t look like a hobbit. at all. i only mention those things to get you’re hopes up. that way i can enjoy your disappointment when you realize this is just a sappy movie melodrama, mostly about me, grumpy cat. ”
the trailer looked abysmal. and you can’t convince me that plaza ever did more than one take of each line .
she’s just a cat—a cat that people think they know the inner thoughts of, creating amusement at it being just like people. she’s dressed up and carried around throughout the film like an inanimate prop, and when she’s not being bounced around in front of a green screen, she rests on a cushion, occasionally not even lifting her head while the narrative swirls around her, paying no mind, like a stone overtaken by the stream. tardar sauce, or grumpy cat, is just a cat. she’s a creature that deserves better than crass commercialization and stark exploitation. she’s not the internet’s property. she’s not lifetime’s property. she’s not mean or sassy or snide. she’s a cat .
the aragorn: grumpy cat manages to be both this and the load at the same time .
please don’t try to me meta. he suggests that grumpy cat will lunch tons of merch .
featured both by apple and google as
new games we love
and with over 4 million downloads, grumpy cat' s worst game ever proves to be a fun and exciting game for people of all ages. with over 60 mini games designed to be understandable within a second and intuitive controls, this game is easy to pick up and play right from your pocket .
this movie is definitely worth the watch if you need a little cheese added to your christmas .
there was a way to make a grumpy cat special and create a new holiday classic, something that lasted the test of time. maybe it entailed passing on the big payday and going with a 20 - minute holiday special. maybe it needed to be animated. or maybe it just had to have a single spark of the warmth and humanity that made a small cat a viral sensation. but by mistaking a curmudgeon for a misanthrope, the film truly earned the title of worst christmas ever .
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the one thing i can sort of, very hesitantly, praise about the movie is that it does make fun of its network. when grumpy cat is in peril, she reminds viewers that she can’t die — it’s her movie, after all, but most importantly: how would lifetime continue to capitalize on this cat’s face by making a sequel like grumpy cat’s worst vacation ever? the movie mentions this so - far - nonexistent but most - likely - happening sequel twice. then, of course, it ruins the humor with an uncomfortable “joke” about lifetime’s penchant for disturbing molestation stories. when our tween heroine is reunited with her mother (spoiler: the child doesn’t die), her mother asks, “those guys didn’t do anything to you, did they? ” and grumpy cat’s voice - over responds, “that’s a… different kind of lifetime movie. ” yikes, lifetime .
it doesn’t matter how bad the ratings for worst christmas are. from the amount of product placement throughout, be it old navy or the children’s place or lenscrafters or claire’s or the goddamn chevy camaro that the 12 - year - old heroine drives, lifetime already got its payday. the rest is just gravy .
worst christmas ever also has the benefit of a charismatic cast. everybody loves aubrey plaza, obviously, but the lesser known supporting players all give their best under the circumstances and help redeem matters too. megan charpentier plays the
straight
lead role gamely, while evan todd and isaac haig as the bumbling baddies are surprisingly – genuinely – funny and endearing .
for those who are unfamiliar, grumpy cat (née tardar sauce — misspelling intentional) is a dwarf cat who seems to be frowning constantly. that little pout is grumpy' s moneymaker, and lifetime' s movie devoted to her makes no bones about the fact that she is
the internet' s biggest cash cat .
she' s also the first meme to transition from the internet to tv. (and if successful ,
what happens in the premiere? it’s really the plot of every lifetime christmas movie. chrystal (megan charpentier) has no friends, but a mall santa grants her wish for a companion. that friend is grumpy cat, who starts talking to her. by the end of the movie, with the help of the snarking cat, she’s saved the pet store in the mall where she works, caught some ineffective thieves, and helped her mother find love. it’s the miracle of christmas !
also, you probably couldn’t get “parks and recreation’s” aubrey plaza to perform the voice of a cat .
our actual story begins at a pet store at the mall, where grumpy cat lives. she talks about how no one ever takes one of the pets, and they are all gonna die in here. she’s been picked up, but she’s also been returned. twice. i hope they don’t try to ring drama out of htis, cuz after that opening, it’s impossible .
ms. bundesen called the report
completely false
to the huffington post monday afternoon. she didn' t specify grumpy cat' s actual earnings .
7. despite the title, this isn’t much of a christmas movie. lifetime’s devotion to all things christmas is so great that the channel has created no fewer than two dozen themed films for the holiday season — there’s 12 men of christmas, single santa seeks mrs. claus, the santa con, and the list goes on, and on, and on. they present an opportunity to see b - list actors (is that you, dave coulier ?) deliver gloriously cheesy lines against a holiday - themed backdrop, which is fun in its own way. like those movies, worst christmas ever takes place during the yuletide season, but aside from plaza, the cast is made up of little - known canadian actors, and little of the plot has anything to do with the holiday itself. it’s less a lifetime christmas movie than a movie that happens to take place during the the 25th of december that happened to air on lifetime .
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instead, grumpy cat’s face occasionally pops up in the corner of the screen to review what’s happened in the movie and, ultimately, to teach us a lesson about being grumpy… all while making the viewer grumpier with each passing moment. oh, and don’t forget when grumpy cat stops the movie to tell you to tweet along with her. here are the hashtags: # worstchristmasever # whyamiwatchingthis
grumpy cat: i’m in so much pain listening to your sob story. i wish you’d put me to sleep .
she’s a sourpuss who makes catty remarks. and during this holiday season, she’s less like literature’s ebenezer scrooge or filmdom’s mr. potter and more akin to esurance: born online and raised by technology .
editor' s note: an earlier version of this post reported that grumpy cat had earned her owner nearly $ 100 million in two years. it has been corrected to include tabatha bundesen' s denial of those reports .
reports surfaced earlier today that grumpy cat, the dour feline who rocketed to internet meme superstardom, made $ 99. 5 million for her owner over the past two years, thanks to speaking engagements, merchandise, and a tv movie. grumpy cat' s owner has denied the reports .
make a wish: crystal made a wish with a magic wishing christmas coin and threw it into a wishing fountain .
crystal hears grumpy cat. oh yay, this is gonna turn into a really really crappy version of dr dolittle / wild thornberries / littlest pet shop / take your pick. also, grumpy cat never actually opens her mouth. she has garfield syndrome. so…how did crystal hear her? also, she can only hear grumpy cat and not the other animals because…reasons .
anyway, our heroes chase after the baddies to get the dog back. then grumpy cat comes in driving a car .
late in the movie, chrystal' s mother makes sure she' s ok by asking if the thieves did anything to her .
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but at a certain point, the film has to get into its actual plot, which involves chrystal trying to prevent two bumbling musicians from stealing a valuable dog that could keep the pet store out of bankruptcy. (grumpy cat, when the dog' s value is introduced: “that sounds like a macguffin to me – whatever that is. ”) thanks to a christmas wish come true, chrystal can communicate with grumpy cat when no other person can, but there are large swaths of the movie that play like a super low - budget “home alone, ” or like a typical lifetime / hallmark christmas film that occasionally pauses to let grumpy cat heckle it .
in the cat’s own words: “i’m embarrassed for you. ” i’m embarrassed to even have to explain it, but, according to her media clips, grumpy cat (real name: tardar sauce) is a 2 - year - old cat who has some kind of feline dwarfism that left her with a permanent and sort - of - adorable frown. a picture of the cat became an all - purpose internet meme in late 2012; from there, grumpy cat became a small merchandising empire. in the visage of grumpy cat, it seems, her fans found the perfect holy expression of indifferent disdain for all things .
when plaza was cast to perform as the cat' s voice, she was unfamiliar with it, but learned about the cat before being involved on the project. the film was shot in entirety before plaza recording her lines as grumpy cat and plaza re - drafting around 90% of her lines; she explained
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ascended meme: in real life, of course, grumpy cat herself first found fame as an image macro on the internet .
what’s the best thing about it? there is a car chase that manages to be both low - budget and wonderfully witty at the same time. it’s totally idiotic, but what do you expect from a christmas movie car chase ?
. however, it is also one of the worst big releases of the year. there are some releases that are contenders for pick of the week, including
here is the rough “plot” of grumpy cat’s worst christmas ever. grumpy cat lives in a pet store because every family who adopts her returns her for being too grumpy. she doesn’t care, but she secretly does care. the pet store is at risk of closing because the owner can’t afford the mall’s rent, so he decides to try to make a cute dog into a famous meme to get money. then, and i’m a little hazy on the details because this is where the special gets too idiotic to pay full attention to, two wannabe rockers (who compare themselves to nirvana, for some reason, who the hell knows) steal the dog. some random little girl who makes a wish in a fountain (because santa tells her to ?) wishes for a friend. that friend is grumpy cat, so they team up to help foil the dognapping. at one point, a mall security guard tries to kill them, i think. while all of this is happening, there is a love - story subplot, but, in the words of grumpy cat herself, “blah blah blah, b - story. ”
but…it’s also kind of enjoyable. yeah, it’s one of those “so bad it’s good” movies. mostly for grumpy cat herself. she’s the highlight of the movie, because every line she gets is funny and self aware. . seriously, it’s like she’s mst - ing the movie, and that’s awesome. it seems like the writers, or just aubery plaza, were aware of what they were making and just had fun with it. since the rest of the film is so odd, this helps a lot .
grumpy cat helps announce the third annual' the friskies' awards for the best internet cat videos of the year during vidcon at the anaheim convention center in june. thanks to licensing deals and appearance fees, grumpy cat and her owners have turned her internet fame into nearly $ 100 million in earnings over the past two years .
cinnabon, motherhood maternity, claire' s, le château, and the children' s place are visible .
somehow i always envisioned grumpy cat as being male…and expected the voice to be more like that old guy in “up”, ed asner. i just could not make the adjustment to aubrey’s voice .
grumpy cat first caught the web’s attention in 2012, when bundesen’s brother posted a photo of the newly - adopted the online platform reddit. the picture spread quickly, with users tacking on gloomy captions like “i purred once. it was awful. ”
as many people come together and spend time with their families, the television landscape becomes a lot more festive. a bunch of networks have put together a slew of tv marathons to celebrate christmas, but this also' tis the season for holiday movies to come out in full force. chances are after the presents are open, dinner eaten and family time spent, you and yours will want to settle down to watch a nice movie. to make christmas a little easier, here' s a guide to the christmas movies playing on television over the holiday. all times eastern dec. 24 - christmas eve 4 p. m. -
single santa seeks mrs. clause ,
hallmark channel 4 p. m. -
a christmas story 2 ,
cmt 4 p. m. -
holly' s holiday ,
lifetime 5 p. m. -
the santa clause ,
abc family 5 p. m. -
beethoven' s christmas adventure ,
disney xd 5 p. m. -
christmas belle ,
ion network 6 p. m .
starring grumpy cat, who lives in a pet store, and finds herself able to communicate with a lonely girl via a magical wish .
we see more of her boring life, which actually makes me wish grumpy cat was on screen. this is gonna be a long movie. a bunch of nothing happens, and the movie attempts to make us feel sad for this poor misunderstood girl. you know, at least with grumpy cat, the film was self aware. this is just boring. even the cat’s narration can’t save these parts .
that said, the star of the show is grumpy cat herself. in the classic exploitation tradition of giving the public what they want, the film delivers irresistible cat face by the megaton. if you’ve gone into the film as a fan wanting to see the cat, you can’t possibly feel short - changed, no matter how crappy the rest of it may be. she appears in almost every scene, sports a wide array of costumes, does some stunts (with the aid of amusingly naff puppetry) and even drives a car at one point. even when delivering the worst of her one - liners, grumpy cat’s face never fails to delight .
also, i just noticed something: so farm, grumpy cat feels like a supporting character in her own movie. it’s just some lame robber plot with a snarky cast thrown in. i suppose they didn’t want to flat out rip off garfield, but they could have done something similar to that, so it actually stars grumpy cat !
grumpy cat' s thriving merchandise line is the obvious motivation behind this otherwise forgettable movie. the story is so piecemeal and cumbersome that it takes real concentration just to follow the meandering plot through chrystal' s social struggles, an ill - fated robbery, a developing relationship between chrystal' s mom and her would - be suitor, a magical christmas wish, and a strange tale about a million - dollar dog. to make things worse, the flow is constantly interrupted by blatant plugs for the grumpy cat website, flashy merchandising promos, and repetitive urgings to tweet about the movie itself .
also, this didn’t have that much to do with christmas, aside from the setting and whatever. anyway, at least we’re done with that one. next time, we go back to our old friend and see how the disney chanel celebrated christmas back in 200 .
when plaza was cast to perform as the cat' s voice, she was unfamiliar with it, but learned about the cat before being involved on the project. the film was shot in entirety before plaza recording her lines as grumpy cat and plaza re - drafting around 90% of her lines; she explained :
once i realized that the cat' s mouth wasn' t going to move, i just kind of went for it, and thought,' well, if it' s just going to cut to the cat and i can say my line, then i can just comment on other things, too.' the movie kind of has a mystery science theater 3000 vibe to it, so it' s like you' re getting grumpy' s commentary throughout the whole thing, but then grumpy is also starring in the story .
facebook twitter google + bill murray festive special, a very murray christmas, is available on netflix now. here' s what we made of the musical variety show... bill murray has become something of an enigmatic figure in recent years; he has a freephone number instead of an agent, is notorious for crashing private parties, and is inextricably linked with the phrase ‘no - one will ever believe you’. it’s perhaps appropriate, then, that the best word to sum up the actor’s new netflix special a very murray christmas would be ‘bizarre’. one part comedy, two parts musical special, a very murray christmas begins with the story of a doomed live holiday special, whose special guests have all had to pull out due to the dreadful weather. despite his reservations, murray is contractually obliged to go ahead with the performance. however, when further disaster strikes, he winds up spending his christmas eve
what’s the show’s pedigree? it was written by tim hill, who has worked on spongebob square pants, and jeff morris, who has worked on … not much. parks and recreation star aubrey plaza provides the voice for grumpy cat and is also a producer .
chrystal' s optimism and consideration for others conquers other characters' greed and selfishness. adult villains are easily outsmarted by a child. grumpy cat' s pessimism about life is meant to be funny, but it does account for numerous insults directed at other characters.
grumpy cat 's worst christmas ever is a 2014 made-for-television christmas film that stars the internet celebrity grumpy cat . the movie first aired on the lifetime on november 29 , 2014 and stars megan charpentier as a young girl that befriends and later adopts grumpy cat , only to discover that the two can communicate with one another . it was directed by tim hill , who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with jeff morris . 
grumpy cat's worst christmas ever is a 2014 made-for-television christmas film that stars the internet celebrity grumpy cat. the movie first aired on the lifetime on november 29, 2014 and stars megan charpentier as a young girl that befriends and later adopts grumpy cat, only to discover that the two can communicate with one another. it was directed by tim hill, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with jeff morris.
grumpy cat's worst christmas ever is a 2014 made-for-television christmas film that stars the internet celebrity grumpy cat. the movie first aired on the lifetime on november 29, 2014 and stars megan charpentier as a young girl that befriends and later adopts grumpy cat, only to discover that the two can communicate with one another. it was directed by tim hill, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with jeff morris.