Rat Pack Rat2014

Movies are the final frontier of the imagination. They bring to life with the power of the passing image a thousand words squared. Rat Pack Rat combines documentary and fantasy, cinema verité and horror film. This has to be one of the most disturbing vignettes i have ever seen. Poignant and pathetic, frightening and fabulous.

Extraordinary combination of black humor and pathos. Goes to places you never expect it to go. A wonderful movie in every respect -- writing, directing, acting, concept, set.

Wow. I almost stop eating my protein bar during the chocolate scene.

This is pretty good fantasy base meet a disturbing reality of some mental prognoses of a teenager kept in on his death bed and a mother with philological problems herself. Acting a side is their, but fan of Sammy Davis will or might have a hard time swallowing this pill. Im a BIG fan of disturbing cinema's and this hits that target well.

What would you do for someone who is at their end? Like the film's main character, you are unable to take your eyes off the ugly side of dying. Everyone has their issues, but comparatively to others, are they much of anything, but minor quibbles?

What a strange, strangely haunting little film. An unlikely plot, unlikely and unlikable people, and yet it is a high order of movie-making. I have no idea what the director will do next, but if I see his name I'm more than very likely to see his work. It's a terrific showcase for a talented director.

This excellent, sad-yet-darkly-funny film is not for the faint-hearted, but worth the ride if you are willing to explore risky movies and truly original work. The small cast is excellent. Rat Pack Rat is disturbingly funny, pathetic and at times, challenging. Watch if you dare, but you'll miss something special if you skip it. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because for me, there was a bit of almost unnecessary John Waters-ish gross-out sensibility that could've been stated without being thrown at the viewer directly. But that's just me.

Todd Rohal's strange and dark sense of humor takes the viewer to an unexpected place. Excellent.

So creepy. Not what I expected....

What to experience while watching this film? Horror? Hilarity? Tenderness and love? Utter disgust and revulsion?

All in the same moment?

Is Rat Pack Rat nothing more than one unbelievably tasteless joke interminably stretched over 18 gross minutes?

Or is it a great film, spiritual and even sacred?

One moment was so revolting that I actually covered the screen with my hand. At others, I felt as if my heart cried tears of tenderness for its characters. Ultimately, Rat Pack Rat is about the mysterious, and so often paradoxical aggregation of things that can make the human spirit courageous and ennobling: and so capable of giving love.

Tooooo painful to continue watching...

Creepy, but very profound, and in a way that's hard to explain.

Weird, tasteless, waste of time.

Interesting and Different. Packed a lot of story in18 minutes!

Very sad....Didn't care for the content.

funny

that was the most disturbing thing i've ever seen. hands down.