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Willard (2003)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 125
Fresh: 81 | Rotten: 44

In this creepy story of a man and his rodents, Glover seems born to play the oddball title character.

Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 12

In this creepy story of a man and his rodents, Glover seems born to play the oddball title character.

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A young man uses his vermin pals to exact revenge upon the people who've domineered his life in this remake of the 1971 cult classic. Starring Crispin Glover in the role originated by Bruce Davison, Willard concerns the mundane, repressed existence of the twentysomething title character, who lives at home with his nagging mother (Jackie Burroughs) and works at a shipping company for a stern, authoritarian supervisor (R. Lee Ermey). When Willard becomes fascinated with a gaggle of rats living in

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Glen Morgan

Written By: Glen Morgan

In Theaters: Mar 14, 2003 Wide

On DVD: Oct 7, 2003

Box Office:$6.8M

New Line Cinema

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Critic Reviews for Willard

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[Y]ou got a real opportunity here to do something really funny -- because Crispin Glover is really fun -- and something scary, but the rats, I guess, aren't up to the task.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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In a culture clogged with appropriated effluvia and remake cop-outs, Willard is wittier and nastier than we deserve.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

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This new incarnation of Willard emphasizes one thing: no matter how bad the original was, it didn't need to be remade.

March 16, 2003 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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The movie keeps it close, clammy and simple, the better to focus on what is unquestionably this little thriller's strongest point: The tragic love between a boy and his rodent.

March 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

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A silly, snarling romp.

March 14, 2003 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Jonathan Curiel

San Francisco Chronicle

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What elevates this nouveau Willard above similar restorations of used pulp is the way it sustains the original's queasy menace while applying neatly stylized layers of grit and wit.

March 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Newsday

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Gene Seymour

Newsday

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Terrifying and violent horror movie. Rats -- EWW.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

No one can do the funny/scary/crazy/creepy high-decibel wig-out/breakdown scene nearly as well as Glover can.

January 5, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

The rats multiply at a rate that suggests Willard's basement is the city's red light district.

September 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

This Willard remix is a gothic, creaking, brilliantly macabre and unexpectedly intimate movie.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

If you want a lesson in eccentric acting, or if you are interested in a nightmarish story well told, Willard is a noteworthy effort.

December 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Looking Closer

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Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

The filmmakers may have been too intelligent for their camp material. They spend too much time on background material, an over-developed hero, atmosphere, and in-jokes.

July 5, 2004 Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

N�o funciona como filme de terror (sua inten��o original), mas torna-se interessante gra�as � curiosa atua��o de Glover e � fotografia sombria. E Ermey � sempre fascinante.

February 28, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

...Writer-director Glen Morgan gives us nothing more than a standard horror/revenge of the nerd tale.

January 6, 2004 Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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Probably only works as a horror if you're scared of rats. I don't find them particularly menacing, even as a squirming, darkly-lit, devouring mass. Willard's a clever film, though, and it's buoyed by a reliably demented performance by Crispin Glover. Fevered, desperate and lonely, it's like he wears his neuroses on his

January 24, 2011

Drew Smith

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Willard is a great creepy horror film, I've not yet seen the original but I'm going to now. I think Crispin Glover is brilliantly cast as the timid Wallard, who has suffered a life of bullying. His quirky style only emphasises the characters descent into madness. Glen Morgan's direction is very good, as is the set

November 3, 2010