I wonder how Ben learned English. I seem to recall from Willard, last summer’s big rat movie, that Willard trained Ben to heel, beg, roll over, play dead, and sic Ernest Borgnine. Not bad for a rat. But when did Ben learn English? It takes Berlitz six weeks of intensive training to get a French businessman to the point where he can proposition an American girl, and here’s Ben learning instinctively.