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Ratcatcher
First Look Pictures Releasing
FILM:
MPAA RATING: Not rated
Starring
William Eadie,
Tommy Flanagan,
Mandy Matthews,
and
Michelle Stewart
The story of a twelve year old boy (Eadie) living in working-class Glasgow, Scotland during the 1970's garbage strikes, Ratcatcher portrays the difficulties of his reality and his desire to escape through dreams.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Lynne Ramsay
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Lynne Ramsay
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 20, 2002
Video: August 20, 2002
Theatrical: October 13, 2000
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
93 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
English in Glasgow dialect (with English subtitles) |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
LA Weekly
John Patterson
Ramsay has made a movie in which a universe of hopelessness and decay is penetrated by shafts of light that remake these bleak surroundings in strange and beautiful ways.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Bleak childhoods make for the best cinema, and Ratcatcher stands at the head of the class.

90
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Easily the best directorial debut of the year, and possibly the most mature and haunting film to ever come out of Scotland, Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher is a throat-catching masterpiece of lyricism, observation, and stone-cold realism.
88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
One of the most remarkable English-language feature debuts of recent years.
88
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Fresh, original, and arresting.
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
The film manages to make the ordinary extraordinary. It takes visual risks, tells its story subjectively through images and moves confidently to a stunning, imaginative climax.

80
Time
Richard Corliss
Writer-director Ramsay neither sentimentalizes nor garishes up the lost children in this observant and poetic drama.

80
Variety
David Rooney
Theres a light touch in evidence, balancing the bleakness with odd lyrical moments and unexpected humor and tenderness that infuse the gentle drama with a bracing freshness.

80
Film.com
Robert Horton
The bleakness of the material ought to make Ratcatcher a depressing experience, yet Ramsay's power as an image-crafter transforms this grim universe.
80
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
The most audacious debut feature of the year.

78
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
An inner-city tragedy that plays its story simply, sorrowfully, and beautifully.

75
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
A brilliant film by Lynne Ramsay.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Ramsay's child actors are nonprofessionals who can only express what they feel which gives her film an unusual degree of emotional authenticity.
75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
A grim, poetic, heart-wrenchingly fine ode to the lost children of Glasgow's forgotten class.
75
Portland Oregonian
Barry Johnson
A sense of claustrophobia emerges, increases and colonizes the film.
70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
For all its harsh realism, the film flows like a dream, albeit a highly unpleasant one.

70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The power of Ratcatcher comes from its hushed lyricism and Ms. Ramsay's talent for conveying emotional complexity.

60
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
A large part of the movie's problem is that both the characters and the actors who portray them serve as vehicles for Ramsay's stylistic flourishes.

50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Has its moments, but overall the effect is uneven.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
When it's not awful, it's dull.


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