Willard

critic Reviews

, 65% Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • In this creepy story of a man and his rodents, Glover seems born to play the oddball title character.
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    Sheila Norman-CulpAssociated Press
    Morgan's camera work is more sure-footed than his screenplay.
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    Nell MinowCommon Sense Media
    Terrifying and violent horror movie. Rats -- EWW.
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    Empire Magazine
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    Richard RoeperEbert & Roeper
    [Y]ou got a real opportunity here to do something really funny -- because Crispin Glover is really fun -- and something scary, but the rats, I guess, aren't up to the task.
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    Michael AtkinsonVillage Voice
    In a culture clogged with appropriated effluvia and remake cop-outs, Willard is wittier and nastier than we deserve.
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    Marc SavlovAustin Chronicle
    The casting of cult actor Crispin Hellion Glover as Willard Stiles ... is by far the best casting choice in a major American film since Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman redesigned John Malkovich.
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    Richard PropesTheIndependentCritic.com
    Glover is almost gleeful in the film.
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    Matt BrunsonFilm Frenzy
    For all its ickiness, Willard is actually that most exotic of movie creatures: a remake that handily bests the original.
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    Kevin CarrFat Guys at the Movies
    Crispin Glover should be nominated for an Oscar
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    Steve NewtonGeorgia Straight
    The vengeance-driven plot creeps along at a snail's pace, and all the teeth-gnashing and cheek-quivering in the world-courtesy of Glover's demented Willard Stiles-cannot save the day.
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