Alley Cats

Matt Roush says...

“We’re all future roadkill, aren’t we?” muses fat cat Gus (Ricky Gervais), spouting the mordantly amusing worldview of an animated comedy created, written and directed by Gervais. Gus and his fellow feral felines hang out in an abandoned basement, watching the telly and musing about life and sometimes death with profane language that could make a dog howl. (They’re especially rough on the domesticated Ponce, who lives with humans, wears a collar and, to everyone’s derision, has been neutered.) Over six brisk episodes, we enjoy their company while they adopt an adorable lost kitten who’s looking for its home but may have found one, however disreputable.

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