Willard Movie Review 2003

Willard is back (in the form of Glover) and he brought the rats with him. He's the beaten-down son to a hateful, domineering mom, and the punching bag for his brutish boss (Ermey). The twist in this one is that he communicates with fuzzy, white Socrates, instead of the apparently steroid-fueled giant rat Ben, which causes a vermin power struggle. Sometimes clever (the original Willard, Bruce Davison, is seen in a painting as this Willard's deceased father), but mostly soulless remake does have the advantage of Glover's presence in a role that seems made for him. He goes all-out and over-the-top to portray Willard's swirling psychosis and ever-escalating delusions of grandeur.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Killer Rodents, Only the Lonely, Bad Bosses, Monster Moms

Screenplay

Glen Morgan

Cast

Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Elena Harring, Jackie Burroughs, David Parker

Cinematography

Robert McLachlan

Director

Glen Morgan

Music

Shirley Walker

Other

Patrick Ramsay, James Coblentz, Catherine Ircha, Gregory Mah, Mark Freeborn

Producer

Glen Morgan, Gurinder Chadha, Hard Eight Pictures, New Line Cinema