Here Jonathan Larson gets the biopic treatment in a specific way in that Lin Manuel Miranda directs his story and semi adaption of the play "Tic Tic Boom" in an interesting meld of vignettes that sometimes hit hard but are, at the same times, jarring. What is utterly apparent is the magnificent and transformative performance of Andrew Garfield as Larson.

There is rugged beauty that flows through "In The Heights". There is a love for the area it speaks of as Lin Manuel Miranda flows it through. As someone who spent many and evening traveling up to the Heights to head to Jersey over the George Washington Bridge while at school in the East Village, that glowing sunset over the bridge looking from the streets is undeniable.

“Cats” wants to be and about something but it just doesn't know what. Like many of Universal's films in the past it is a big swing that inherently doesn't work save for some inspired moments.