by Linda Kay
Additionally Identified As: A Christmas Present from Bob
Starring: Bob
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This evaluation accommodates some spoilers for this movie!
Synopsis: Based mostly on the e book A Present from Bob: How a Road Cat Helped One Man Study the Which means of Christmas by James Bowen. On this sequel / prequel to A Road Cat Named Bob, James (Luke Treadaway) has change into a profitable author and shares a narrative about his first Christmas along with his beloved cat Bob and the difficulties he confronted throughout that point.
Featured Feline: The opening scenes discover James and Bob attending a writer’s end-of-year celebration and feeling decidedly misplaced.
On the best way dwelling, James involves the protection of a avenue busker unjustly being confronted by the police.
James buys the skeptical younger man a meal and tells him the story of how he weathered a very tough time through the earlier vacation season due to Bob.
Even having acquired assisted housing and work promoting The Large Problem on London avenue corners, James and Bob are nonetheless struggling to pay for gasoline to heat their condominium, to not point out the flexibility to purchase meals often.
A neighborhood charity employee and pal, Bea (Kristina Tonteri-Younger), surprises James with a Christmas tree. James isn’t within the Christmas spirit.
Bob is all the time given the selection to both accompany James as he performs or sells magazines on the road or to remain dwelling. Bob often opts to go together with James.
Kitty Cameo: They watch as a girl carries an costly white Persian cat from a excessive finish veterinary clinic and James needs he might afford that for Bob.
As a substitute James takes Bob to the free veterinarian Becky (Daisy Badger) at Bea’s shelter, the place aside from a scratch he acquired from an aggressive canine Bob checks out to be in superb well being.
Sadly Bob comes beneath the radar of two animal welfare officers, the amiable Jarvis (Aretha Ayeh) and the hot-headed and vindictive Leon (Tim Plester). James is requested to put in writing an announcement on his historical past with Bob within the occasion the case escalates to the purpose the place Bob must be taken away for his personal security.
A sequence of significant setbacks leaves James questioning whether or not or not Bob can be higher off with out him. This will get even worse when Bob comes down sick.
James’ associates rally round him once they discover out in regards to the animal welfare investigation. Moody (Phaldut Sharma), the person who runs the native comfort retailer, begins on on-line petition which shortly positive aspects momentum. Native artists paint a mural in honor of Bob.
Ultimately, the worth of friendship and kindness wins out and James even will get the inspiration for his subsequent e book.
The cat coordinator on the movie was Jill Clark with Roger Farr, Jana Jenokova and Connie Rusgen performing as animal trainers. Bob the cat as soon as once more performed himself in some scenes whereas different cat actors additionally performed the well-known feline in varied scenes.
Sadly Bob handed away after this movie was made and the film is devoted to his reminiscence.
Ultimate Mewsings: Bob gave all cat lovers a present. Thanks, Bob.
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