Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- campy
- frenetic
- retro movie night
- classic comedy night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film visually and musically appealing with occasional laughs, but over-contrived, noisy, and weakened by its incoherent screenplay and uneven comic performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Michael's attempted fidelity, Fassbender's entanglements, and the characters' convergence at Chateau Chantelle create increasingly frantic sexual confusion.
The weekend gathering at Chateau Chantelle brings the principal characters together without their knowing one another is present.
The film emphasizes fashionable settings, flamboyant performances, eccentric personas, and deliberately over-contrived slapstick.
Michael desperately wants fidelity to Carole while his reputation as a womanizer continually generates new romantic attention.
Films like What's New Pussycat?, and why
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
farce built from sexual misunderstandings, escalating romantic complications, and flamboyant comic performances
The Pink Panther
stylized 1960s romantic comedy combining social satire, frenetic slapstick, and an ensemble of eccentric lovers
Cactus Flower
adult romantic farce driven by infidelity anxiety, comic miscommunication, and heightened performances
Movie Details
- Director
- Clive Donner
- Release Date
- 1965-06-22
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (181)
Cast
- Peter Sellers
- Peter O'Toole
- Romy Schneider
- Capucine
- Paula Prentiss
- Woody Allen
- Ursula Andress
- Eddra Gale
- Katrin Schaake
- Eléonore Hirt
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is What's New Pussycat? about?
- A womanizing journalist's attempt at monogamy collapses into a stylish, star-studded tangle of sexual farce and hotel-room chaos.
- What is What's New Pussycat? like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What's New Pussycat? as breakneck, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is What's New Pussycat? violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in What's New Pussycat?.
- What did critics think of What's New Pussycat??
- Critics generally found the film visually and musically appealing with occasional laughs, but over-contrived, noisy, and weakened by its incoherent screenplay and uneven comic performances.
- Which films are like What's New Pussycat??
- Films with a similar feel include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Pink Panther, and Cactus Flower.
- How long is What's New Pussycat??
- What's New Pussycat? runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch What's New Pussycat??
- In United States, What's New Pussycat? streams on ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel .
