A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations
Laura Harring
- Cathryn
- (as Laura Elena Harring)
Ashlyn Gere
- Ms. Leach
- (as Kimberly Patton)
Kristen Cloke
- Psychiatrist
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThere have been reports that the enormous rat Ben was not portrayed in the film by an actual rat, which is not true. Ben was portrayed by a Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), a distant relative of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), the species used in the film. Gambian pouched rats, while fairly docile, can grow to a body length of as much as 10-17 inches from the head to the base of the tail, with the tail about the same length or longer, and can generally weigh anywhere from two to over six pounds.
- GoofsIn the film's funeral home scene when Joseph Carter first walks in, he is seen from the waist down and he is wearing a long blue coat. When a full view of Carter is shown, he is neither wearing nor even carrying a long blue coat. However, Mr. Martin, outside the funeral home, is now wearing the coat that was originally worn by Carter.
- Quotes
Willard: You stole this company from my father. It killed him and it killed my mother and now you're trying to kill me. You're trying to take my house. You made a fool of me in front of everybody. You made me hate myself. I thought about it a lot, hating myself. Well right now, at this moment, I LIKE myself.
- Crazy creditsSecond Unit Chef Dave Carlson's credit is listed as: Caterer to the Stars...DAVID CARLSON
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Hunted/Agent Cody Banks/Willard (2003)
- SoundtracksBen
Written by Walter Scharf and Don Black
Performed by the Jackson 5
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
New Line had only six weeks to promote this film -- according to the outstanding documentary on the DVD -- and blew it anyway. They were targeting teenage boys when they should have been targeting older people and teenage >girls<.
Glen Morgan directs in a very interesting stylized fashion almost as eccentric as David Lynch or Tim Burton, and Crispin Glover gives a knockout performance in the title role. It's a dark, twisted story, just as it should be; the original WILLARD lightened up the very strange novel, but this one takes several big steps in the direction of the novel. (Not so far as to have Willard Styles wear a rat mask, though.)
The movie does have some awkward elements; the pacing is a bit off, probably because the structure is askew a bit, but overall, it's a fascinating, creepy movie, very well made with fine performances. And either the original ending or the reshot one would have satisfied me.
Glen Morgan directs in a very interesting stylized fashion almost as eccentric as David Lynch or Tim Burton, and Crispin Glover gives a knockout performance in the title role. It's a dark, twisted story, just as it should be; the original WILLARD lightened up the very strange novel, but this one takes several big steps in the direction of the novel. (Not so far as to have Willard Styles wear a rat mask, though.)
The movie does have some awkward elements; the pacing is a bit off, probably because the structure is askew a bit, but overall, it's a fascinating, creepy movie, very well made with fine performances. And either the original ending or the reshot one would have satisfied me.
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,886,089
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,000,000
- Mar 16, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $8,564,586
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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