Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- family movie night
What sets it apart
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Giovanni's affluent intellectual worldview clashes with Monica's working-class experience after their children fall in love.
Giovanni advocates social equality but reacts defensively when Agnese dates Alessio, forcing a confrontation between belief and behavior.
The plot repeatedly brings Giovanni and Monica together as two incompatible social worlds collide around their children.
Agnese and Alessio's relationship directly challenges the assumptions separating their families.
Films like Like a Cat on a Highway, and why
The Intouchables
Shared social comedy, class differences, clashing family backgrounds, and warm romantic complications.
Perfect Strangers
Shared italian ensemble comedy, family tensions, social observation, and contrasting personalities.
The Best of Youth
Shared fish out of water humor, class-based conflict, romance, and a conciliatory emotional tone.
Movie Details
- Director
- Riccardo Milani
- Release Date
- 2017-12-28
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (955)
Cast
- Paola Cortellesi
- Antonio Albanese
- Sonia Bergamasco
- Luca Angeletti
- Antonio D'Ausilio
- Alice Maselli
- Simone de Bianchi
- Claudio Amendola
- Franca Leosini
- Alessandra Giudicessa
Common questions
- What is Like a Cat on a Highway about?
- A principled Italian intellectual wages a comic campaign against his daughter’s cross-class romance, only to be challenged by the formidable mother of her boyfriend.
- What is Like a Cat on a Highway like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Like a Cat on a Highway as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Like a Cat on a Highway violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Like a Cat on a Highway.
- Which films are like Like a Cat on a Highway?
- Films with a similar feel include The Intouchables, Perfect Strangers, and The Best of Youth.
- How long is Like a Cat on a Highway?
- Like a Cat on a Highway runs 99 minutes.
