The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Top Billed Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch
Louis Wain
Claire Foy
Emily Wain
Andrea Riseborough
Caroline Wain
Toby Jones
Sir William Ingram
Sharon Rooney
Josephine Wain
Aimee Lou Wood
Claire Wain
Hayley Squires
Marie Wain
Stacy Martin
Felicie Wain
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
G GiovanniVerified TMDB Critic
2021-12-09
**Full Analysis at SpotaMovie.com** - **Intro** - The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is inspiring and offers us important lessons to learn for our lives. It's elegant, poetic and romantic. A must-watch. - **The Story** - The movie tells us the true story of the eccentric artist Louis Wain. We are in the early 1900s, and Wain is a gifted man who can paint and draw so quickly to leave us surprised by his genius.Louis’s mind is full of ideas and thoughts, moving from music to his research to patent some theories about the mysterious role of electricity in the world. And it’s not because it can...
R r96skVerified TMDB Critic
2022-01-14
Flew by, did <em>'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain'</em>.
It's a well paced film that holds solid emotion to it, while it's nicely acted by the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy. I dig the costumes/set designs too. It also gets bonus points for cats, because... cats. It's not a perfect film, for example the humour is quite off, but it's definitely an interesting watch. I knew nothing about Louis Wain beforehand but that didn't hamper my enjoyment, fwiw.
Cumberbatch is very good as the main man, he brings across all the quirkiness and necessary emotion of Wain. Foy supports st...
