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The Rats

2002 · 94 min · Director: John Lafia ★ IMDb 4.9 · 2,309 ratings

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In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of the Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and give all the necessary support to the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. The efficient Jack and his assistant Ty find a colony of mutant rats and try to convince the health department administrator and former partner of Jack, Ray Jarrett, how serious the infestation is. But the politician Ray is interested in covering the problem to protect economical interests of powerful groups.

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The Rats (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 30%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Disgust

Tension
Fear
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 2′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity28 %17 %11 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity37 %31 %23 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Tension49 %43 %31 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity55 %47 %34 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension53 %46 %37 %35 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Relief46 %39 %26 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity46 %39 %20 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity59 %55 %38 %47 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension67 %65 %51 %43 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Tension59 %56 %41 %44 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Curiosity56 %47 %31 %52 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Disgust61 %49 %31 %59 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity58 %45 %28 %51 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Relief55 %40 %26 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity66 %59 %45 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension79 %77 %67 %35 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Tension80 %77 %66 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Tension82 %79 %64 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Relief84 %80 %67 %16 %
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MA
Mädchen Amick

Susan Costello

SM
Shawn Michael Howard

Daveigh Chase

Amy Costello

DF
David Fonteno

Ray Jarrett

Sheila McCarthy

Miss Paige

EM
Elisa Moolecherry

Nyla

KW
Kathryn Winslow

Queen

KP
Kim Poirier

Jay

AT
Aron Tager

Janitor

JL
Jackie Laidlaw

Bitchy Woman

PD
Philip DeWilde

Artie

Details

Directed by
John Lafia
Written by
Frank Deasy
Type
Movies
Released
2002
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.9 · 2,309 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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