Rats
- Studio
- HBO, Rooftop Films, Duplass Brothers Television
- Distributor
- HBO
Synopsis
A rat gets mating tips from his friend at a subterranean party; a pair of police horses complains about an old acquaintance; a bedbug has a midlife crisis.
Characters
Mike, Phil, Rebecca, Wife, Husband, Scarf Rat, DJ Lab Rat, Bow Rat, Bed Bugs, Fink, White Horse, Grey Horse
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mike Luciano, Phil Matarese
Producing
- Producer
- James Fino, Kenny Micka, Jen Roskind, Joe Russo
- Executive Producers
- Mike Luciano, Phil Matarese, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
- Co-Producer
- Josh Polon
Animation
- Animator
- Amit Tishler
Voices
- Voice
- Mike Luciano (Mike), Phil Matarese (Phil), Katie Aselton (Rebecca), Jennifer Lafleur (Wife), Steve Zissis (Husband), Jet Eveleth (Scarf Rat), Nathan Fielder (DJ Lab Rat), Mary Holland (Bow Rat), Mark Duplass (Bed Bug 1), Rob Corddry (Bed Bug 2), Jason Mantzoukas (Fink), Paul Scheer (White Horse), Matt Walsh (Grey Horse)
Music
- Music
- Julian Wass
Crew
- Created By
- Mike Luciano, Phil Matarese
Production notes
The film made its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. This was the first episode in the series Amimals.
This film focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.
This film focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least-habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.