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Release Date:
14 March 2003 (USA)
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Plot:
A young man with an unusual connection with rats, uses them at his own sociopathic will. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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2 nominations
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Good Film, Great Performance
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Crispin Glover | ... | Willard |
 | R. Lee Ermey | ... | Mr. Martin |
 | Laura Harring | ... | Cathryn (as Laura Elena Harring) |
 | Jackie Burroughs | ... | Mrs. Stiles |
| Ashlyn Gere | ... | Ms. Leach (as Kimberly Patton) |
| William S. Taylor | ... | Mr. Garter |
| Edward Horn | ... | Colquitt |
| Gus Lynch | ... | George Foxx |
| Laara Sadiq | ... | Janice Mantis |
| David Parker | ... | Detective Boxer |
 | Ty Olsson | ... | Officer Salmon |
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Rated PG-13 for terror/violence, some sexual content and language.
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USA:100 min | UK:96 min (DVD)
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New Zealand:M |
Iceland:16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
USA:PG-13 (NO. 39665) |
Australia:M |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
UK:15
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The film was originally conceived as a R rated picture and was shot with that rating in mind. However, following the success of other PG-13 rated horror movies like The Ring (2002), executives at New Line asked the director to tone down the violence and language for the more commercial lower rating. This was done by shorting the demise of R. Lee Ermey's character Mr. Martin and cutting some of his lines.
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Continuity: When Willard is in his father's study he is crying. As he continues to look at his father's things, the tears appear and disappear and re-appear when he picks up Socrates and holds him to his face.
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Referenced in The Year of the Rat (2003) (V)
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Before you let the advertising fool you, understand that "Willard" isn't exactly your normal horror flick. I know that the marketing people tried to put all the scary bits into the trailer and such, but I urge you to reconsider your views on it.
The movie itself is more of an in-depth character study. It follows the events that lead one man into the pits of insanity, taking you along for the ride. Forget "Psycho," (Which was an awesome film in its own right) though the movie does have Norman Bates/Hitchcock elements. We're taken from lonely, shy, and sad, to hollering, glaring, weeping, and finally, silent. Only one man was tailor-made for this role...and that man was Mr. Glover.
Through every blink, every wide-eyed stare, the audience is drawn into the character. We believe in his connection with the rats, and marvel at his ability to train them. And when he gets even with Mr. Martin, we celebrate.
And I loved the undoubted sexual frustration that Willard is feeling. It's more apparent in one of the deleted scenes on the DVD. But the writer didn't succumb to this frustration; he let it build.
All of this combines to form one of the greatest character movies I have ever seen, and probably will ever see. I must say that this is one movie I will not soon forget...