Review of Breakfast at Tiffany's

If anyone can find a film with a better use of an animal that is NOT a film about an animal nor primarily about a relationship between a human and an animal, then let me know! The cat is just used so deftly in this movie. Not too sentimental, just the right touch of humor, symbolism, warmth, pathos, concern for animal welfare. So many shots are framed with the cat in the perfect spot. Then there are the reactions of the cat to the moving cigarette holder, the noisy party, the rain, the appearance of a man wearing a dog mask. There is the positioning of the cat in the kitchen sink or on the bed, or looking out onto the street from the windowsill; it is all just purr-fect. Seems realistic too-- I know cats. Not too cutesy. Hepburn balanced that well in her performance, regarding the cat. Just something about the film that probably doesn't get mentioned in many other reviews.....study the use of CAT!