The history of Baltimore, Maryland is compared with studies on poverty and rat problems. There are interviews with people who kill rats and some who keep them as pets.
Not very good. My first complaint is the slow pace. Second is that there was too much unrelated B-roll. What do drag racing and a video game prototype have to do with Baltimore rats? Third is that it focuses on rats as a pest control problem. Experimental animals gets some time and pets might as well have not been included. I guess my last complaint is that there was not enough rat footage. The most talkative characters were Edmund, the professional exterminator (image) and the guy who was fishing for rats in alleys using turkey and peanut butter. The most entertaining moment was when a rat stole the bait from his fishing line. The overlays of demographic maps of Baltimore showing poverty was extremely informative because the same section in the middle of the city was always there. I'm rating this tolerable and would hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
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