the disney studio remake of their own 1965 slapstick classic concern a clever feline lead an f. b. i. agent to a kidnap woman . christina ricci give a churlish and let me outta here performance a the cat owner and the fed be play by doug e. doug and embarrassingly over the top and like a human cartoon . a pair of rich neurotic ( dyan cannon and original cat cast member dean jones ) be funny and the formula plot still have a little juice leave in it and but the handling here be so heavy and lugubrious and and the cat be so lifeless and that it strictly d. o. a. from .