Review of Willard

Willard (1971)
1/10
Ah Rats!
12 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

Ah rats! No wait. That is the whole plot in 2 words.

From "Marty" to Martin. My how Ernest Borgnine, fell from grace.

How many of you knew, that Willard is the first name of Republican Presidential nominee, Willard Mitt Romney? Okay whoever named this kid is thankfully out of the gene pool. Who the hell names their kid after a baseball glove? What's next? A boy named shuffleboard?

Okay anyway - the famous tag-line: "Where dreams end...Willard begins." That may apply to our poor baseball glove.

No I could not begin to tell you how devastatingly challenged the contact lens acting, plot, dialogue, and scenery are. Nor could I tell you how dreadful the music is. While this is NOT as bad as Manos: The Hands of Fate, I am not too sure I'd ever watch this quality challenged cinematic blunder again. It is NOT even good fodder for Mystery Science Theatre.

I think Alan Alda's quote: "There certainly is NO lack of slowness" sums it perfectly.
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