Rat

2000
PG
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

YOUR RATING

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Satire Comedy Drama Family Fantasy

A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Trivia
The cast of this film includes three Academy Award nominees: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, and Kerry Condon. Of these three actors, Postlethwaite is the only one who was nominated before the release of this film.

Quotes
[first lines]
Hubert: Seventy years ago, me grandfather, Hubert Flynn Foster, set out from his home in the County Wexford, and joining north over the hills and valleys of Whitlock, until he came to Dublin City.
Hubert: I remember once, when I was a chiseler, he caught me whittlin' up against the wall. And he told me if I behaved like a dog, I might turn into a dog. And then he was off on one of his old yarns about people he knew that turned into goats and weasels. Of course we ran afoul, he said, of more than his prayers. But sometimes, in and among the ramblings, there'd be a grain of truth.

Connections
Referenced in Take Me Home Tonight (2011)

Soundtracks
Secret Love
Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
Performed by Doris Day

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Black comedy that delivers the laughs .......

First, "Rat" gets extra points for a very original screenplay. The fine acting is what carries this unique comedy, because the only way "Rat" works is if the characters come across as dead serious, which they do. Any decent into slapstick would have been disastrous. Another plus is the unique camera angles giving a rat's point of view. Different reactions of the various family members, to what is obviously a highly unusual situation, fuels this dark comedy. In order for a black comedy to work, it must be outrageous, not mean spirited, and deadly serious, and "Rat succeeds on all counts. I liked this clever and highly original comedy. - MERK