

Willard
When the cat's away, the rats will play.
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $22M
- Box office
- $8.6M
- Language
- English
- psychopath
- human animal relationship
- bad boss
- evil mother
- remake
- sociopath
- revenge
- misfit
- mansion
- humiliation
- rat
- obedience
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1314 Mar 2003
- PhysicalPG-13New Line Home Ent. #N6417 [VHS] 100 minutes30 Aug 2003
FranceFR
- Theatrical17 Sept 2003
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1219 Aug 2003
IrelandIE
- Physical15DVD16 Dec 2003
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Willard was released on 14 March 2003.
Audience reviews
1- N6/10
Niko
6/10/2026
Reviewing a remake, one can't help but compare it to the original film - in this case "Willard (1971)". While the overarching plot has been changed very little, the remake takes some creative liberties with parts of the story, some for the better and some for the worse. The titular character Willard has been altered to a point where he is almost a caricature of his former self. This in itself is not necessarily a…
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