Ratcatcher 1999 123movies

Watch: Ratcatcher 1999 123movies, Full Movie Online – Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight of council flats and a fetid canal. Ryan, who’s about 12, drowns during a play fight with his neighbor, the jug-eared James. James runs home, a flat where he lives with his often-drunk da, his ma, and sisters, who live in hope of moving to newly-built council flats. The slice-of-life, coming-of-age story follows James as he tags along with the older lads; has a friendship with his quirky wee rodent-loving neighbor, Kenny; spends time with Margaret Anne, myopic, slightly older, the local sexual punching bag; and, has a moment or two of joy. The strike may end, but is there any way out for James?.
Plot: James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 10,813
	86% | RottenTomatoes
	76/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 170 Popularity: 7.44 | TMDB

Reviews:

Glaswegian drama at perfection
Ratcatcher utterly surprised me. Not because of the talking, which I hardly understood at all (I’m Austrian), but because of the surprising scarcity of dialogues. I doubt that there was a single situation where any of the protagonists talked for more than five seconds in a row. That’s why the movie wasn’t that difficult to grasp, as most of the plot was primarily carried by images and stunning shots of William Eadie’s character. I guess that there were minutes where no-one actually said a word for a long time – which makes this movie maybe the movie with the least words spoken I’ve ever seen. Concerning its plot – it’s very much reminiscent of Kes. You get a first-hand insight into the bleak and dull existence those kids in Glasgow have to endure. James is suffering from thorough disillusion. The sequences when you actually see him smile – which are two or three maybe – are thus real highlights of the movie. He is the one who bears the emotional burden of the movie. I particularly liked the scene when he was lying on the sofa and his young sister places herself next to him. The other highlight was when he took the bus and found this solitary house and the grain field, where he experienced some kind of relief from his tough life. The ending was ambiguous. I suppose he actually did drown himself – and the last image show his dreams of his family moving away from their bleak existence towards a brighter future – a future he thinks is only possible without him. Just think of the young girl holding the Miro towards the sky – and then you see James’ face. And you see him drown again right when the credits start.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 34 min (94 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Lynne Ramsay
Writer Lynne Ramsay
Actors Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie
Country United Kingdom, France
Awards Won 1 BAFTA Award12 wins & 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras, Zeiss Variable Prime Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, London, UK
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (mouse sequence), 35 mm (Fuji Super F-125T 8532, Super F-500T 8572)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm