GL84 Working in a dead-end job, a young man living in an oppressive relationship with his mother and his boss who lord their power and authority over him until he finds the rats in his house can obey his commands and uses them to unleash his vengeance against them.This here wasn't all that bad of an effort. One of the few things it does right here is give this one a strong and enjoyable need for the work life to become the need for him to snap. The oppressive attitude and overt bullying tactics here really make for quite the troublesome situation to really make for a necessary time of it all, as there's plenty to work with here as to the berating and verbal abuse he gets hurled at him sets up that section of the film nicely. As well, the home-life where he's guilt-tripped into basically being her slave manages to feature plenty of those same tactics to get him into that same setup where both sections of his life give him some solid opportunities to embark upon his revenge. Those scenes are where this one really works, as the initial scenes of him unleashing the rats at the party or using them to go after the group that wronged him in the series of attacks on their house or the work office as these provide the film with some nice action. The two big swarming scenes score well, though, from the group coming upon and taking out the boss in the factory to the big chase through the house itself which has a frantic sense of chaos. These here give this one some likable qualities, although it does have plenty of flaws. The biggest issue with this one is the exceptionally bland setup here that doesn't make this in the slightest bit interesting. Since it's all about the idea of the humiliation and getting him up for later, this one doesn't have a lot of action to really get invested in which makes it feel like nothing is really happening. That this goes for the prototypical means of physical and verbal abuse in the form of parental guilt-trips, screaming at him for no reason or blowing events way out of proportion just to make a point in front of others. These aren't that interesting or exciting and it manages to really cause this one to stretch out it's running time unnecessarily. As well, this one also doesn't make any rational explanation as for why he goes for the rats as his friend since they show up one day and he makes the best of it. That doesn't give this any kind of reasoning as for why he would take them on so it just tends to feel silly that he takes on the creatures as his pets. The other big problem is the rushed nature of the finale which comes way too quickly and doesn't feel justified given the extended nature it should've had. These here really hold this one down.Rated PG: Violence, Language and violence-against-animals.

Rainey Dawn I remember seeing Willard as a kid - enjoyed the film then. Watching it all these years later I still find it a good film.It seems that Willard is a 27 year old man without many real friends. He stayed with his sick mother & his father passed away leaving the business to a colleague and Willard works for the man - this man wants Willard out of the office. After Willard's mother passes away there is a large mortgage left on the house and Willard's boss wants it as well. When at home, Willard spends most of his time with the rats he's raised and the two rats he's closest to are Ben and Socrates. Willard brings his rats to work with him, they get loose and his boss kills Socrates - that's when Willard becomes vengeful and Ben is willing to help.This is a pretty good character & story driven film. Worth watching if you like the older horror films.7.5/10

wayno-6 MAY CONTAIN SPOILERSAh rats! No wait. That is the whole plot in 2 words.From "Marty" to Martin. My how Ernest Borgnine, fell from grace.How many of you knew, that Willard is the first name of Republican Presidential nominee, Willard Mitt Romney? Okay whoever named this kid is thankfully out of the gene pool. Who the hell names their kid after a baseball glove? What's next? A boy named shuffleboard?Okay anyway - the famous tag-line: "Where dreams end...Willard begins." That may apply to our poor baseball glove. No I could not begin to tell you how devastatingly challenged the contact lens acting, plot, dialogue, and scenery are. Nor could I tell you how dreadful the music is. While this is NOT as bad as Manos: The Hands of Fate, I am not too sure I'd ever watch this quality challenged cinematic blunder again. It is NOT even good fodder for Mystery Science Theatre.I think Alan Alda's quote: "There certainly is NO lack of slowness" sums it perfectly.

dbdumonteil Well,not for me;the first version of "Willard " which I saw when it was theatrically released did not scare me at all.It's one of these very rare movies the remake of which is better.Crispin Glover is far superior to the nice Bruce Davison;the only actor that was really impressive was Ernst Borgnine ,but R. Lee Hermey is not chopped liver either particularly when he delivers his famous line about Mickey Mouse .The first version lacks humor (present in the remake ,the scene of the computer -and the mouse- when the villain watches dirty pictures is hilarious ),and is marred by bland sentimental scenes .Actually the nightmare begins when the film ends.The rest could be an average episode from an average sitcom.