Rat

Rat

2000 · 89 min · EN · PG · 6.0 (27 votes)
Dir. Steve Barron · Starring Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon, Andrew Lovern, Pete Postlethwaite

“He might eat maggots and live in a cage but he's still our Dad”

DramaFantasyComedyFamily

After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.

VIBE

This film offers a peculiar blend of grounded Irish life and whimsical fantasy. It's a poignant, often humorous exploration of identity and belonging, wrapped in an absurd premise. Expect a character-driven journey that feels both intimate and strangely universal, leaving you with a thoughtful, bittersweet smile.

absurdistmelancholicwhimsicalpoignanthumoroussteadymagical realismIrish cinemacharacter-drivenquirky comedyidentityalienationfamily bondstransformationexistentialism