Summaries

A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.

Dublin deliveryman Hubert Flynn feels peaked. Home from the pub, he lies down; while his nagging wife Conchita looks on, he turns into a rat. She's chafed at how inconsiderate he is: hardly touching his food the next morning and leaving droppings on the good doilies. With curiosity seekers outside the flat and a writer at the door offering to help Conchita turn her story into a book, she calls a family meeting. Her seminary-bound son Pius wants to kill the rat; other family members are ambivalent. They opt to hurl Hubert over the fence of a maggot farm. Christmas approaches; an exorcism is in the cards, and the book becomes the Holy Grail. What of Hubert's conversion?—<[email protected]>

In Dublin, one day Hubert Flynn leaves the pub and turns into a rat at home. On the next morning, the writer Phelim "Felix" Spratt visits the family and offers to write a book about Hubert. His wife Conchita Flynn accepts the offer and Felix moves to Hubert's room. His son Pius wants to kill the rat while his daughter Marietta has a dilemma whether she introduces her boyfriend to her father or not. In Christmas, Uncle Matt proposes to leave Hubert in a maggot farm. What will happen with the rat?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • rat
  • woman
  • husband
  • satire comedy
  • watching tv
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Family
Release date Oct 5, 2000
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom Ireland
Language English
Filming locations Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Production companies Jim Henson Productions Ruby Films Jim Henson Company

Box office

Gross US & Canada $2630
Opening weekend US & Canada $1815
Gross worldwide $5980

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio

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