A hip comedy, and as such, being hip and caustic is sometimes more important than being funny.
Reviews
Not a lot happens in it really. But it's the way it doesn't happen that counts.
There are no side-splitting jokes as such, but a high number of humorous observations that are right on the money.
Rats and Cats is an excellent example of independent Australian film and deserves to be seen; with a little more care in the development of the story it might have been outstanding.
Rats and Cats is a sort-of comedy, very laid-back and meandering, and it’s mostly content to explore life in this little town and some of its inhabitants.
Notable for his short film, Wilfred, which became a popular series for SBS TV, director Tony Rogers' assured handling and the cast's boots'n'all delivery make this unheralded black comedy a pleasant surprise.

