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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- 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
Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) is a lonely and deranged man living in an old mansion with his sick mother Henrietta Stiles (Jackie Burroughs). His father committed suicide after losing his own company to his former partner and friend Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey). Due to a clause in the selling contract, Willard can not be fired from his job while his mother is alive. However, Frank abuses of Willard, humiliating and spending a horrible treatment with him in front of his colleagues. The basement of Willard's house is infested of rats and mice, and Willard capture a beautiful white mouse in a trap. Willard rescues the mouse, calls him Socrates and becomes his friend. Socrates is a leader and the other rats obey him, except the huge Ben. The animals are trained by Willard, who uses them for his revenge. This weird tale about loneliness, friendship, greed and revenge has the same style of most Tim Burton's movies. It is a black comedy very dark, quite gothic, having weird characters, but great performances and good effects. Although dealing with a nasty theme (rats and mice), it is not a disgusting film. It is not recommended for all audiences, but I liked it a lot. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): `A Vingança de Willard' (`The Revenge of Willard')
Title (Brazil): `A Vingança de Willard' (`The Revenge of Willard')
- claudio_carvalho
- Mar 27, 2004
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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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