A Street Cat Named Bob pretty much delivers what you expect of what is essentially a tale of personal redemption and beating drug addiction wrapped up in a curiously contradictory cuddly tale of a man who carries a cat around Central London on his shoulders to the adoration of cat-lovers. The film wavers between moments of vaguely hard-hitting social comment - the opening scenes of Bob homeless are particularly poignant - and mawkish sentimentality, in an attempt to cater for a wide audience. The casting of the very capable and charismatic Luke Treadaway as James Bowen is smart, and Joanne Froggatt gives a nicely-balanced performance as his committed case worker, yet in spite of the thin story and the extremely irritating cat-POV shots, this is a sweet film but somewhat predictable and lightweight.
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