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The Highway Rat

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6.3/10 • 29

2018-10-100h 25m

FamilyAnimationComedy

Give me your buns and your biscuits!

The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the highway, he searches for sugary treats to steal, until his sweet tooth leads him to a sticky end.

Directors
Jeroen Jaspaert
Writters
Jeroen Jaspaert
Editors
Robin Sales

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  1. Rob Brydon

    Rob Brydon

    Narrator / The Horse (voice)

  2. David Tennant

    David Tennant

    The Highway Rat (voice)

  3. Nina Sosanya

    Nina Sosanya

    The Duck (voice)

  4. Tom Hollander

    Tom Hollander

    The Squirrel (voice)

  5. Frances de la Tour

    Frances de la Tour

    The Rabbit (voice)

  6. Husaam Kiani

    Husaam Kiani

    The Kitten (voice)

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CinemaSerf

Dec 26, 2024

7/10

Well he is a rat, after all, so we ought to expect him too be a bit of a terror. He sits astride his horse doing his own version of Dick Turpin - only maybe that should be "Nick" as he usually, and sometimes quite threateningly, steals the food from the mouths of just about everyone he encounters. He thinks his luck is truly in when he encounters a duck, but she's no fool. She tells him of a place were there are cakes and chocolates galore and his greed soon gets the better of his common sense with rather parable-esque consequences for just about everyone. It's the horse that steals this for me, but the other characters each have their part to play in demonstrating the merits of share and share alike, especially when faced with a bully. It's quite funny at times, and the style of animation is detailed and engaging - if perhaps just a little linear. This is enjoyable family fayre that effortlessly passes half an hour without labouring the points it's quite powerfully making.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on children's bookratshort film