FILM critic Mark Kermode has revealed that he once stormed out of a movie – because a cat was being illtreated on screen.
The Hampshire-based reviewer was taking part in a question-and-answer session with a group of schoolchildren when he recalled the event.
He said: “As a rule I don’t walk out of films because it’s my job to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I object to cruelty to animals.
“It hardly ever happens but I was watching one film where someone started being cruel to a cat.
“I thought if they can’t make a movie without doing that, I don’t care what their film is like.”
The children at Lymington Junior School also asked him if he had ever fallen asleep during a screening.
Mark, 49, who lives in the New Forest, said: “I genuinely stay awake most of the time, but there was one reviewer who used to fall asleep and actually snored, but still managed to write a better review than anyone else.”
The visit was organised by FILMCLUB, an educational charity that encourages pupils to set up a film club at their school.
Mark told the children: “I can’t tell you how much fun it is being a film critic – it’s the best thing in the world.”
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