Willard
Cast
Crispin Glover as Willard
David Parker as Detective Boxer
R. Lee Ermey as Frank Martin
Directed by
Glen Morgan
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7/10. If you've ever wondered if rodents can get revenge, here's the
answer. Willard has Willard Stiles as a sociopath loner who lives in
his giant house with his mother, who is even harder to look at than
Kathy Bates in the hot tub in About Schmidt. He's a drone at an
office that his father made with Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey). He's
not really happy with his current life, and he is very timid and shy,
but we can see when he's angry. One day, he finds a rat in his
basement and grows to like him and calls him Socrates. Even better,
it seems that Socrates can understand perfect English and follow
orders from Willard. Soon, more rats move in, including the wanna-be
top-dog Ben, and they follow everything that Willard says.
Willard is rather creepy, but the thing that pushes this movie is not
the scares, nor all of the rats, but the performance by Crispin
Glover. He, as Willard, plays his role to perfection. He didn't make
me think that he was Glover, I thought of him as Willard. Many people
know Glover as George McFly in the Back to the Future movies, but
he's faded for awhile. He's back now, folks, and better than ever!
Even if you hate horror movies, if you hate movies in general, if you
hate Glover, go see this movie just to witness this extraordinary
achievement in modern acting.
Something I thought of impressive was all of the camera angles. Many
times, they were shot from dollies and cranes, making first-time
director Glen Morgan look like a natural. Ermey was also incredible,
and I thought he was very good for a veteran of the screen.
Laura Elena Harring, who was Rita in Mulholland Drive, has a "nothing
role" as Catherine, one of Willard's co-workers who feels attracted
to him. She isn't exactly the best part of the movie. One of them,
however, is the music, which really set the mood. It added to the
semi-scares that came about. I wasn't "freaked out", per se, but I
was creeped for a majority of the movie.
I'm not sure of the rats were CGI, or if they were real. If they were
CGI, they looked incredible. If they were real, it must have taken a
lot of time to train them. If you are a huge animal lover, I wouldn't
suggest seeing this movie that pushes the limits of PG-13. If you
aren't however, or you just can stomach a lot, I would recommend
Willard to you.
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Rated PG-13 for terror/violence, some sexual content and language.
Running time: ? minutes
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