Review of Willard (2003) by Renzo V — 10 Apr 2014
"THE ARMY OF RATS".
- 'Willard' is a 2003 horror film directed by Glen Morgan (Black Christmas remake). The story is loosely based on the novel 'Ratman's notebooks'. The movie is actually a remake. There was a 'Willard' made in 1971. I like the story about a lonely man who becomes friends with a rat. The movie isn't that spectacular, but definitely I did enjoy it. With Crispin Glover (Back to the Future, Charlie's Angels), R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket, The Texas Chainssaw Massacre remakes) and Laura Elena Harring (The Punisher, The King). When the cat is gone away, the rats come out to play...
Willard Stiles(Glover) leads a lonely life. Not only does he have to take care of his ill mother Henrietta, he also suffers humiliation by his boss Frank Martin (Ermey, who took control over the company of Willard's deceased father. One day he arrives at work to find a new girl sitting at his desk. She introduces herself as Cathryn (Harring).
When Henrietta tells her son she hears rats in the basement of their old mansion, Willard goes down to take care of the rodents. But somehow he develops a friendship with a white rat that he names Socrates. While Willard loses more and more input on his job, he starts gaining more and more control over the rats in his basement...
This review of Willard (2003) was written by Renzo V on 10 Apr 2014.
Willard has generally received mixed reviews.
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