Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

7.1/ 10

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1999

Release Year

94 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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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Keywords

scotland

glasgow, scotland

1970s

neighbor

canal

woman director

escapism

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Cast

William Eadie

James

Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan

Da

Mandy Matthews

Ma

Michelle Stewart

Ellen

Lynne Ramsay Jr.

Anne Marie

Leanne Mullen

Margaret Anne

John Miller

Kenny

Jackie Quinn

Mrs Quinn

James Ramsay

Mr Quinn

Anne McLean

Mrs Fowler

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7.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 13, 2024

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7/10

It was quite odd watching this because I was just a little younger than the character of "James" (William Eadie) living in Glasgow in the 1970s. I remember the nine-week long dustmen strike that left tons of rubbish piled up all over the place. We lived in a mouse-infested one bed flat similar to th…