WILLARD
Willard est un jeune homme plutôt asocial, sans amis, vivant avec une mère envahissante dans une vieille demeure, humilié par son patron dans une entreprise au sein de laquelle aucun des employés ne le respecte. Alors qu'un jour il quitte furieux un repas d'anniversaire, il va tomber nez à nez avec un rat dans une partie calme de son jardin. Après s'être montré incapable de se débarrasser des rats qui vivent là, il va se lier d'amitié avec l'un d'entre eux qu'il va surnommer Socrate. Willard va par la suite utiliser une véritable armée de rats pour se venger de ses humiliations, mais une confrontation entre lui et un des rats, Ben, va également survenir...
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Bruce Davison
Willard Stiles
Ernest Borgnine
Al Martin
Sondra Locke
Joan Simms
Elsa Lanchester
Henrietta Stiles
Michael Dante
Brandt
Jody Gilbert
Charlotte Stassen
William Hansen
Barskin
John Myhers
Carlson
J. Pat O'Malley
Jonathan Farley
Joan Shawlee
Alice Rickles
Almira Sessions
Carrie Smith
Pauline Drake
Ida Stassen
Ed Haskett
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Alan Baxter
Walter T. Spencer
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A young loner finds that he connects with… rats
A mama’s boy and meek misfit (Bruce Davison) befriends the rats that live behind his mother old manor and decides to use them to get back at his domineering boss (Ernest Borgnine) who usurped the business from his father. Sondra Locke is on hand as a coworker in one of her earliest roles.
"Willard" (1971) is an odd mundane character study of a timid loner with low key horror and a bit o’ black humor; it has a curious vibe that hints at the insanity of life. Incredibly, it was a minor hit at the box office, the 12th top-grossing movie of 1971, beating out notables like “Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” “Shaft,” “Play Misty for Me,” “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” I say “incredibly” because this is a small, absurd, melancholy movie of little consequence, yet not without some interest. The main rats are cute, for instance.
Plus it’s nice to see Locke in her young, pre-Eastwood years. She dated star Davison while filming “Willard,” but not publicly since she was married to her soul mate from high school. The husband didn’t mind, however, since he was homosexual.
The movie runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles.
GRADE: B-
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