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- Regie
- Glen Morgan
- Drehbuch
- Glen Morgan
- Hauptdarsteller
- Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller, Horror
Handlung
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
- Slogan
- When the cat's away, the rats will play.
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller, Horror
- Studios
- Hard Eight Pictures, New Line Cinema
- Released
- 2003
- Sprachen
- Englisch
- Länder
- United States of America
Crispin Glover
Willard Stiles
R. Lee Ermey
Mr. Martin
Laura Harring
Cathryn
Jackie Burroughs
Mrs. Stiles
Ashlyn Gere
Ms. Leach
Laara Sadiq
Janice Mantis
William S. Taylor
Mr. Garter
Ty Olsson
Officer Salmon
Gus Lynch
George Foxx
David Parker
Detective Boxer
Edward Horn
Colquitt
Kristen Cloke
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Bewertungen
1 Rezension
Reviewing a remake, one can't help but compare it to the original film - in this case "Willard (1971)". While the overarching plot has been changed very little, the remake takes some creative liberties with parts of the story, some for the better and some for the worse. The titular character Willard has been altered to a point where he is almost a caricature of his former self. This in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, depending on what you want from this movie. It does however change the direction and gives the film a less serious and more comedic tone. I will say that the acting is pretty decent regardless. The changes to the rats, Ben in particular, were pretty good. I enjoyed the fact that he had a bit more personality. He was also substantially larger than the others, giving him a more unique appearance. I was however not a fan of the changes made to the ending and it felt much cheaper and less impactful than the 1971 version. The "moral" that the original had was nowhere to be found and it also did not tie in with the 1972 sequel "Ben", which I thought was a bit of a shame. I also felt like Laura Harring's character was kind of wasted and had not enough screen time. Willard's whole family was missing from this film and so where unfortunately a lot of the deeper relationships between characters. The whole build-up with Willard taking his rats on "missions" was also limited to just two scenes that were not nearly as tense in the remake. That said, Willard is not a bad movie by any means. You might very well enjoy this film, even if you're a fan of the original.
Bewertung
6.1
Votes
381
Popularity
5
Photos
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