Say It Isn't So (2001)

Say It Isn't So poster

Twentieth Century Fox
Starring: Chris Klein, Heather Graham
Directed by: J.B. Rogers

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: A young man named Gilly (Chris Klein) who is an orphan falls in love with a girl named Jo (Heather Graham) and they fall in love. The complication? She may actually be his sister.

Kitty Cameos: Gilly works for the local animal shelter and at the beginning of the film he is seen driving his truck. Riding shotgun in a wire trap cage is a white long-haired cat wearing a pink ribbon.

Say It Isn't So - white long-haired cat in cage

Arriving at his destination, Gilly takes the cat in the cage and sets it in front of a house.

Say It Isn't So - man setting down white long-haired cat in cage

Moments later a large, dirty orange Manx tomcat appears from underneath the house.

Say It Isn't So - long-haired ginger tom cat coming out from beneath house

The Manx goes to the cage, lured by the female cat. He is then trapped in the cage (which is partitioned so he can’t actually get to the female).

Say It Isn't So - dirty long-haired tabby cat Ringo approaching white long-haired cat in cage

Say It Isn't So - dirty long-haired tabby Ringo approaching caught in cage with white long-haired cat

Gilly then takes the cats back to the shelter and puts the Manx into a cage.

Say It Isn't So - dirty long-haired tabby cat Ringo and white long-haired cat in cage

Say It Isn't So - white long-haired cat sitting on table in shelter

Say It Isn't So - Gilly Chris Klein placing dirty long-haired tabby cat Ringo in cage

There he notices the Manx is wearing a tag that says “Ringo.”

Say It Isn't So - close up of dirty long-haired tabby cat Ringo

Say It Isn't So - extreme close up of dirty long-haired tabby cat Ringo

Later Gilly hears about a pretty new girl in town and goes to the hair salon where she works. She is actually a really bad hairdresser but the guys in town don’t care and they line up to get their hair hacked by her. As Gilly sits in her chair, he notices a picture of her holding a long-haired orange cat. She mentions her cat ran away two weeks before and his name is Ringo. He says he found her cat and she is so surprised she cuts off part of his ear.

Say It Isn't So - photo of Jo Heather Graham holding long-haired tabby cat Ringo

Gilly and Jo hit it off and he goes to her house for dinner, bringing a cleaned-up Ringo with him. She is thrilled to be reunited with her cat.

Say It Isn't So - Gilly Chris Klein reuniting Jo Heather Graham with long-haired tabby cat Ringo

Say It Isn't So - Jo Heather Graham holding long-haired tabby cat Ringo

Jo then introduces Gilly to her father (Richard Jenkins) who has had a stroke and can only talk through a voice enhancing collar. She then takes Ringo into the kitchen to get him some Half and Half.

Say It Isn't So - Jo Heather Graham holding long-haired tabby cat Ringo with Gilly Chris Klein and father Walter Richard Jenkins

Ringo is only seen in one more scene after this. It’s a scene in Gilly’s place and he is lying in bed. He wakes up to find that he is being pleasured under the covers and thinks it is Jo. Only Jo walks in a moment later. Pulling back the covers, Gilly realizes it was Ringo under there.

Say It Isn't So - Gilly Chris Klein pulling back covers as long-haired tabby cat Ringo runs out from beneath