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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
Monty is a young cute rat in a rat world living beneath the streeets of Manhattan. When exterminator Dollart gets a new lethal spray to kill all the rodents, Monty, his friend Isabella and Jean-Paul Canalligator have to travel to magic land to make things right.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 47
IMDb5.4
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most adventure movies, −13 min on the typical 103
typical 10390Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 4 countries
Released
1998
March 20, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
AdventureFamilyComedyLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
Rated
- GUnited States
Yes: it's rated G in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
and 11 more20 people
- Josef OstendorfLou Dollart
- Beverly D'AngeloMrs. Dollart
- Jerry StillerProf. Plumpingham
- Lauren HuttonGaleristin Jellybelly
- Steffen WinkNick McRafferty
- DADonald ArthurJean-Paul Canalligator
- Dee Bradley BakerMonty Mad-Rat Jr. (voice)
- Lynsey BartilsonIsabella Noble-Rat (voice)
- YYYoshinori YamamotoMr. Futon San
- Philipp MoogMonty Spinnerratz
- CPCarmen PlateIsabella Nobelratz
Klaus HavensteinMonty Senior
Gudo HoegelRudi Raffratz- JKJonathan KinslerArchitect Stressback
- AHAndreas HerderTom O'Dooley
Hans-Joachim RecknitzMr. Adams
Natja BrunckhorstMrs. Lucy- KHKlaus HerzogGallery Customer
Friedrich SchoenfelderWalter Demokratz
Harald LeipnitzFinanzminister Erwin Geizratz
Directing · 1
- Michael F. Huse Director
Writing · 4
- Werner Morgenrath Writer
- Peter Scheerbaum Writer
- Tor Seidler Novel
- Steve Cuden Dialogue
Production · 2
- Christa-Maria Klein Executive Producer
- Hans Peter Clahsen Producer
Camera · 1
- Piotr Lenar Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Timothy McLeish Editor
Sound · 1
- Frédéric Talgorn Original Music Composer
Art · 4
- Austen Spriggs Production Design
- Chantal Giuliani Set Decoration
- George Dean Painter
- Michael White Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Eun-Young Kim Costume Design
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