 Promotional poster for CatwomanCatwoman is a movie directed by Pitof and released by Warner Brothers in 2004. Patience (Halle Berry) is a shy woman who works for a cosmetics company. She is killed because she overhears an evil plot to sell defective beauty products that her boss is behind (not that the plot matters much.). After being murdered, she "wakes up" as Catwoman, a warrior with the force of a cat, that prowls the night in search of justice.
The movie was adapted by John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris and John Rogers, from a story by Theresa Rebeck, Brancato and Ferris.
The film was heavily criticized by fans of the Catwoman comic book character for departing from the basics of the character, with bad word of mouth starting to spread a full year before the film was released. The film also sparked debate among comic book fans over the casting of a black actress to play a character identified as caucasian for decades (although it should be pointed out that Catwoman was played by Eartha Kitt -- herself a black actress -- in the Batman TV series). This debate subsided when it was learned that Berry would not be playing Selina Kyle, the "real" Catwoman, but a woman named Patience Phillips, who works at a cosmetics company in the beginning of the movie.
Despite this the film is detested by most as one of the worst films ever made. The DCComics 'Catwoman" message boards often feature suggestions on what to do with the film ranging from ignoring it to buring all known copies.
The film recieved Seven Golden Raspberry nominations in 2005 and is expected to "Win" most of them.
The main cast was Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt and Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, and Alex Borstein.
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