Let the Cat Out of the Bag (2005) User Reviews

a great watch without lengths!

[absalem · 6/10 · 29 October 2005]

Doris and Karl meet in a train, where they share a department. And although they fit together, they don't find together until the end. Doris, who works at a karaoke bar, has a strange relationship to a older man. Karl is on the run, he seems not to have a home. The plot takes part in one night. Both are too cool to show their feelings to the opposite, the don't let "katz aus dem sack". Its all about karaoke, some sex-driven sisters, Leipzig, Karl and Doris,....

This is a real nice movie, i enjoyed it watching, the play of the main characters is great. Christoph Bach is an amazing actor. 8 out of 10.

If you like this movie, go check out "Detroit"!

Unbelievable Characters Bored Me To Death

[netzwelter · 2/10 · 31 March 2006]

Uninteresting characters, unbelievable reactions, no interesting settings, almost no story: That's the summary of nearly 1 1/2 hours of watching "Katze I'm Sack", lifetime almost completely wasted. I wonder why some people think this might be a way out of German film crisis. It can hardly get any worse. This film was described as a brave new way, but what do we get? It takes about 30 minutes until the "story" really begins. The very beginning when Karl meets a homosexual wind craft technician is completely obsolete, that story line is vaguely picked up later, but with no reason or result. The films main problem is to have a story spanning 2 days with the main characters meeting seldom. The owner of a safety firm, one of the 3 main characters in the film, hardly ever meets or interacts with the other 2 leading actors; the scenes he is in could be from a completely different film. Even the Karl and Doris (the other 2 main roles) have almost no common film scenes. That's not the way to tell an interesting story. Moreover, the fact that they meet so rarely makes reactions so unbelievable: *SPOILER AHEAD* Why should a woman leave her job and (platonical) friend behind to go away with a stranger to which she talked to on a train and then met him again in a karaoke bar where they talked ca. 6 sentence?