Minoes (aka Miss Minoes) (2001)

A cat named Minoes stumbles across a barrel of chemical liquid and drinks from it. This causes her to turn into a human woman (Carice Van Houten). However, she maintains her feline qualities such as catching mice, purring and eating raw fish. Based on the children's novel by Annie M.G. Schmidt and directed by Vincent Bal. A 2001 hit in Europe, MINOES wasn't released in the U.S. for another ten years and then only in a dubbed English language version (the original is in Dutch). As a cat lover, I'm a pushover for a movie like this so I may be more enthusiastic about it than a non cat person. Although it's geared toward the family crowd, there's enough bite so that the grown ups need not feel embarrassed by watching it. Dressed in green, Van Houten is adorable and the felines are scene stealers. It's a pity that Van Houten's leading man (Theo Maassen) is a bit of a cipher. With Sarah Bannier and Pierre Bokma, suitably slimy as the movie's villain.