Rat

One of the lesser known Irish directors is Steve Barron. He has made several entertaining Hollywood movies since the '80s. Brought up in Kimmage, Dublin he finally made a movie there called Rat. It's about Postlethwaite turning into a rodent and his family accepts this. Kind of like Stuart Little where it's played for laughs but is still serious. There is some good working-class Irish humour and it's interesting to see a Southside perspective for a change. Kelly is the expert uncle who tells the family what to do. Strange that this movie didn't do well - maybe because it came out during the Celtic Tiger era where people wanted to see modern Dublin instead of a rare good Irish movie?