A Rat's Tale (1997)

A Rat's Tale (1997)

  • 5.4
  • 89 mins
  • Family, Fantasy

Storyline

Monty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator Dollart gets a new lethal spray to kill all the rodents, Monty, his friend Isabella and Jean-Paul Canalligator have to travel to magic land to make things right.—Anonymous


Plot Keywords

new york, puppet, based on novel


Short Review

This movie is wild. A reformed rat-killer in a disco suit kisses a rat. Beverly D'Angelo dresses in a multitude of gaudy clothes. There's repeat stock footage of a street cleaner. The marionette puppetry is putrid. A random hip-hop version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" plays over the credits for God knows why. And it's all to make the ridiculous argument that we should leave rats alone and let them run wild in the streets. But don't be fooled; none of that insanity translates to entertainment.


Trailer


Streaming Service

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