by Linda Kay
Additionally Recognized As: A Christmas Reward from Bob
Starring: Bob
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This evaluate comprises some spoilers for this movie!
Synopsis: Primarily based on the e-book A Reward 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 turn out to be a profitable author and shares a narrative about his first Christmas together 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 road 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 troublesome time throughout the earlier vacation season because of Bob.
Even having acquired assisted housing and work promoting The Massive Subject on London road corners, James and Bob are nonetheless struggling to pay for gasoline to heat their house, to not point out the power to purchase meals frequently.
A neighborhood charity employee and buddy, Bea (Kristina Tonteri-Younger), surprises James with a Christmas tree. James is just not 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 normally opts to go along 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 may afford that for Bob.
As a substitute James takes Bob to the free veterinarian Becky (Daisy Badger) at Bea’s shelter, the place apart from a scratch he acquired from an aggressive canine Bob checks out to be in tremendous well being.
Sadly Bob comes below 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 write down a press release 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 could 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 concerning the animal welfare investigation. Moody (Phaldut Sharma), the person who runs the native comfort retailer, begins on on-line petition which rapidly positive factors momentum. Native artists paint a mural in honor of Bob.
In the long run, 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 appearing 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 numerous scenes.
Sadly Bob handed away after this movie was made and the film is devoted to his reminiscence.
Last Mewsings: Bob gave all cat lovers a present. Thanks, Bob.
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