Review of Ratcatcher (1999) by Shib Shankar S — 26 Aug 2014
You will find very few such films showing such a bleak picture of childhood. It is going to hit you hard and you are not going to forget it if you really have the feeling for it. The childhood is sensitive, undecided and misled.
It is finding no support in the hapless social circumstance. I also felt that it is about the yearning for freedom, specifically I loved the scene where the balloon carries the mouse out. James also looks for this freedom, from the destitute society, and maybe even from his own sense of guilt.
The ending is possibly the most heart-breaking it could be. It is a film hard to watch, but a lot harder to forget. It is a gem of coming of age cinema.
This review of Ratcatcher (1999) was written by Shib Shankar S on 26 Aug 2014.
Ratcatcher has generally received very positive reviews.
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