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The Rat Catcher

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A lesser-known Roald Dahl short story about a professional rodent exterminator.
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Adam Graham Detroit News His actors are across-the-board superb... Rated: A- Oct 6, 2023 Full Review Sam Adams Slate [The] visual presentation and rapid-fire dialogue make [it] instantly recognizable as Anderson's, but [the] tone takes him into territory so unexpected it might be disorienting if his hand were not so sure. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker Lest viewers become even briefly comfortable with the enchantments of his staging and of his actors’ performances, Anderson jolts them alert with ever more audacious contrivances. Oct 3, 2023 Full Review Zach Youngs InSession Film Marvel at the deft editing of The Rat Catcher. Jul 3, 2024 Full Review A.S. Hamrah n+1 In unprecedented total avoidance of cheese in commercial narrative filmmaking, the act of writing and the writers doing it appear in these movies, but Anderson refrains from showing their writing on the screen in superimposition. Mar 8, 2024 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm ...hinges on a brilliantly comic performance from Ralph Fiennes. Rated: 3.5/4 Nov 2, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Pranay K Guess where Ralph Fiennes' inspiration to be the Rat Catcher came from? C'mon, take a shot! Okay, I'll go: Remember Voldemort's fellow Death Eater, Peter Pettigrew? Hehe, that's all I have to say! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/01/24 Full Review Crissy N Very entertaining. Much different from anything else I've seen recently. I really enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/24 Full Review Bruce C If you like Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl--it's perfect. It's sooooo Wes Anderson. If you don't like Wes Anderson, and creepy fairy tales, like the original Brothers Grimm, pass. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/24 Full Review Donald A It is in this film, the most, seemingly, dialogue-laden of the three shorter Dahl-by-Anderson films, the director shows his trademark irony and, very intriguingly, starkly dark images. I believe that this may be the first time that Anderson has ventured into a concept of this magnitude. I was not disappointed. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Scott W Good stuff lol . Well done again Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review KerryWhite's S Rating: 7/10. 70/100. | I think I want to read Roald Dahl now. His captivating story telling is superb. How does he make me so intrigued and invested in these semi weird/surrealistic stories? I must study his genius. Oh, and Wes Anderson's too. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A lesser-known Roald Dahl short story about a professional rodent exterminator.
Director
Wes Anderson
Producer
Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales
Screenwriter
Wes Anderson
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
American Empirical Pictures, Netflix, Indian Paintbrush
Genre
Comedy, Animation, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 29, 2023
Runtime
17m
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