The Highway Rat

TV Movie
2017
25m

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A greedy rat travels the highway in search of other animals' food.A greedy rat travels the highway in search of other animals' food.A greedy rat travels the highway in search of other animals' food.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.2K

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Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Top cast6

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David Tennant

The Highway Rat
(voice)

Rob Brydon

Narrator
(voice)
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Frances de la Tour

The Rabbit
(voice)

Tom Hollander

The Squirrel
(voice)

Nina Sosanya

The Duck
(voice)

Husaam Kiani

The Kitten
(voice)

Director
- Jeroen Jaspaert
Writers
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Storyline

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Trivia
Axel Scheffler has hidden a Gruffalo in most of his works with Julia Donaldson, which have been mirrored in the adaptations. In this, the Gruffalo can be seen as a cookie in the cake shop.

Connections
Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: And The Nominees Are... (2018)

The Highway Rat (2017) -

I'm not sure that the punishment really fit the crime at the end of this one and I don't know if I really liked the story as a whole either. I felt that the mean little rat deserved more of a comeuppance and that the build up was too repetitive. I got the message, he stole from people, don't hammer it home so much!

Actually, I'd like the BBC to be more selective about the books that they turn in to films, because a lot of the ones that they have made lately seem to been a vague attempt to cash in on the success of 'The Gruffalo' (2009), with not many of them delivering that same great recipe that made 'The Gruffalo' and it's sequel 'The Gruffalo's Child' (2011) work so well.

So much so, there wasn't much to say about this one. The animation was good, David Tennant's voice was a bit annoying, but the story didn't really give anything new or exciting.

442.39/1000.