Willard

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Tim M Willard tears its way into a pretty devious horror tale, but ultimately has not the technical finesse to get away with the cheese. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Wayne K Within about 20 minutes of watching Williard I thought to myself ‘Haven’t I seen this kind of thing before?’ The concept of humans befriending animals and forming a bizarre and even dangerous bond with them was a concept that provided fertile ground for countess B-movie makers. Our lead is a man who, dissatisfied with his life and browbeaten by everyone around him, finds solace in a rapidly expanding colony of rats that live below his mother’s house. I’m sure I’d seen a film before that was literally title ‘Rats’ that had many similar elements. Willard itself it like a monster movie crossed with Psycho. It tries to delve into the psychology of a perpetually under the thumb individual who slowly loses his mind, but it also wants to throw in lots of silly antics involved his pets, which are mostly played for comic effect. Sadly, the film never leans heavily enough into either of these areas to establish an actual tone, and as a result many of the scenes just feeling awkward and strange, a fact that isn’t helped by the editing. It’s billed as a horror film, but I can only see it being scary or shocking to musophobics. It apparently triggered an entire spate of animal-centric horror films, many of which I’m sure are more enjoyable than this one. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/13/24 Full Review Michael C The original version of "Willard' does have the benefit of a very good cast. The actors all do well in their respective roles from star Bruce Davison to the late Ernest Borgnine and the late Elsa Lanchester. The script is for the most part well written (Though not perfect.). I liked where the story ultimately ended up. However, that is pretty much the only good thing to say about the movie. Overall, "Willard" is rather dull. It was very slow at times and while I said previously that the cast did well in their respective roles, everybody accept the character of Joan (Played by the late Sandra Locke.) are terrible people. They are all rude and obnoxious jackasses that just made me cringe every time they were on screen. Willard is supposed to be the hero of the movie as you all know, but he is also lazy, stupid and unappreciative of those who are trying to help him. While it is true that his employer is trying to ruin Willard's life everybody else wants to help him and he either insults them or foolishly turns them away when he should be accepting of their assistance. The climax of the movie was very poorly staged. The scenes of the rats attacking Ernest Borgnine's character look too stupid to be believed. The rats are obviously being thrown at him by crew members off camera. Who know rats could fly? I often wonder why the movie was so popular because "Willard" is loaded with flaws and is rather dull all things considered. It is not a movie I would recommend. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/04/24 Full Review Ted B 1.5 stars; Even by the standards of the Horror movies in the '70s, of which I am not a fan, this movie sucks. I can't find anything to put in the positive column. Earnest Borgnine and Elsa Lancaster were just collecting retirement. Bruce Davidson and Sandra Locke.... what were you thinking??? Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/24 Full Review Dallas H It is the original love story we needed before Ratatouille (2007) came along and ruined it for everyone. I imagine that if Willard were around today, he would have an Instagram account dedicated to Ben, just like we see all the pop celebs do for their little pipsqueak dogs. Why can't an introvert live in peace in the basement of his mom's house, minding his own business with his hobbies and interests when he isn't working at his tedious day job? Speaking of his mom, it's interesting to think it is the same actress who portrays the Bride of Frankenstein; no joke. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Red B This is such a dumb idea for a movie. It never really has a point beyond Willard befriends rats, they kill a few people and they kill him. There's not much else and is really weird more than scary or creepy. This drags terribly and never builds tension. Things that should happen in the first 15 minutes happen over an hour in. The tone is just weird also and isn't really good. I can't tell you if this is a horror movie, weird drama, or thriller. Stuff just sort of happens with a very loose bad plot holding it together. The cat, killing the guy who gets the 8K check, all feel pointless and add nothing. The rat shots are terrible and nothing but close ups, bad kills, and just dumb scenes with Willard talking to them. It's actually well shot outside of those scenes. Everything else about it is just ok. Willard isn't that likeable and just weird. Ernest is the best thing and isn't bad. This just is a bad idea for a film in general and never really does anything until it gets to bizarre dumb scenes. Skip this. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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