This adult allegory strikes nary a false note as chronicles the topsy-turvy transformation of a carousing, working class Irishman into the animal he most resembles: A Rat. Dubliner Hubert (Peter Postlethwaite) enjoys drinking himself into a stupor despite the nagging of his careworn wife, Conchita (Imelda Staunton). One day, he wakes up a cuddly white rat. The shocking news quickly reaches the tabloids and journalist Phelim Spratt (David Wilmot), oozing sincerity, butters up Conchita in hopes of getting the inside track on a book about Hubert's transformation. Conchita smells a bestseller and sees no reason why she shouldn't profit from the misfortune of her lay-abou...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG
Length:
98 mins