Rats and Cats

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Rats and Cats

2007

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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A journalist doing a 'where are they now' report finds an actor who retired to a small town in Western Victoria where he enjoys living like Errol Flynn, the women want to sleep with him and the men want to fight him.

Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

A hip comedy, and as such, being hip and caustic is sometimes more important than being funny.

Rated: 2/5

May 30, 2008

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David Stratton

The Australian

Rats and Cats is an excellent example of independent Australian film and deserves to be seen; with a little more care in the development of the story it might have been outstanding.

Rated: 3/5

May 25, 2008

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

Rats and Cats is a sort-of comedy, very laid-back and meandering, and it's mostly content to explore life in this little town and some of its inhabitants.

Rated: 3/5

May 15, 2008

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Julie Rigg

MovieTime, ABC Radio National

Not a lot happens in it really. But it's the way it doesn't happen that counts.

May 25, 2008

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Herald Sun (Australia)

There are no side-splitting jokes as such, but a high number of humorous observations that are right on the money.

Rated: 3/5

May 25, 2008

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

Notable for his short film, Wilfred, which became a popular series for SBS TV, director Tony Rogers' assured handling and the cast's boots'n'all delivery make this unheralded black comedy a pleasant surprise.

May 15, 2008

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Quirky off-beat Aussie comedy that had its moments, about a former soap star returning to his small country hometown. It generally failed to grab me, though there was some promise there.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Was excepting too much perhaps from this dark aussie comedy by the 'Wilfred' team (director, actors, writers all the same). Unfortunately it just seemed to lack the originality of Wilfred serving up a pretty sub par story. It was great to see Wilfred out of costume with Adam & Alexis having a similar relationship to their one on Wilfred. You can also see that the TV show 'Lowdown' came from this movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Quirky off-beat Aussie comedy that had its moments, about a former soap star returning to his small country hometown. It generally failed to grab me, though there was some promise there.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

I can't even say it's bad... it's just 1 hour and half of nothingness

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

two guys from the Wedge? well yes, but it's actually quite funny. in my weird way though. so don't see it and whinge "you said it was funny and it's not!" otherwise i'll punch you in the gunt.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Mildly entertaining but lame for the most part.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/11/08

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Tony Rogers

Director

Jason Gann

Darren McWarren

Adam Zwar

Ben

Anya Beyersdorf

Cindy

Paul Denny

Bruce

Justin Haezelwood

Actor

Synopsis

A journalist doing a 'where are they now' report finds an actor who retired to a small town in Western Victoria where he enjoys living like Errol Flynn, the women want to sleep with him and the men want to fight him.

Director: Tony Rogers
Producer: Jason Byrne, Jenny Livingston
Screenwriter: Jason Gann, Adam Zwar
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 30m