Ratboy is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by and starring Sondra Locke . The make-up effects were designed by Rick Baker . The film's scenario is at times comic or serious, and one of its peculiarities is that there never is any explanation for Ratboy's origin and existence as a human-rat hybrid.
4-455: Principal photography started on September 6, 1985, and ended in October 1985. Ratboy had a troubled production and was both a critical and commercial failure. A former window dresser named Nikki overhears mention of a mysterious "Ratboy" named Soma while dumpster diving at a dump. After finding and befriending him, Nikki makes several attempts at marketing his uniqueness to the public. At
8-701: A Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. This 1980s drama film–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an American film of the 1980s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Window dresser Window dressers are retail workers who arrange displays of goods in shop windows or within a shop itself. Such displays are themselves known as " window dressing ". They may work for design companies contracted to work for clients or for department stores, independent retailers, airport or hotel shops. Alone or in consultation with product manufacturers or shop managers they artistically design and arrange
12-418: The film's unique premise devolving into a more standard narrative. Janet Maslin of The New York Times called the film 'disorganized', criticizing the script and directing choices of Locke. On the opposite end, Michael Wilmington of The Los Angeles Times was more positive, calling the film, 'Grimm Brothers-style, mixing wonder with rough edges, undertones of pain beneath the fantasy.' Sondra Locke received
16-487: The same time, Soma wishes to avoid public attention. The Los Angeles Times shaved six years off Sondra Locke's age in an article to promote the film. The film was given a limited opening in only two cities, Los Angeles and New York. The film has a 'rotten' rating of 25% on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it two out of four stars, calling the film 'perplexing' and criticizing
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