Mousehunt (1997)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Writer (WGA):

Adam Rifkin (written by)

Release Date:

19 December 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Who's hunting who?

Plot:

Two stumblebum inheritors are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.

Plot Keywords:

Restoration | Factory | Cheese Factory | Flea Bomb | Jacuzzi

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Nathan Lane	...	Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz
Lee Evans	...	Lars Smuntz
Vicki Lewis	...	April Smuntz
Maury Chaykin	...	Alexander Falko
Eric Christmas	...	Ernie and Lars' Lawyer
Michael Jeter	...	Quincy Thorpe
Debra Christofferson	...	Ingrid
Camilla Søeberg	...	Hilde, the Bench Lady (as Camilla Soeberg)
Ian Abercrombie	...	Auctioneer
Annabelle Gurwitch	...	Roxanne Atkins
Eric Poppick	...	The Banker
Ernie Sabella	...	Maury, the Cat Care Society Owner
William Hickey	...	Rudolph Smuntz
Christopher Walken	...	Caeser, the Exterminator
Cliff Emmich	...	Mayor McKringle

Also Known As:

Mouse Hunt (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
Mouse Trap (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, comic sensuality and mayhem.

Runtime:

98 min | Germany:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bass Lake, California, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

Eric Christmas' last film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Alexander Falko hands the check for ten million dollars to Ernie, after writing the check he puts the pen on the table and in the next shot the pen suddenly appears again on his hand.

Quotes:

Lars: I don't believe it. He snapped the trap, ate the olive and left the pit just to mock us!
Ernie: I think you're giving him a little too much credit. Mice don't mock. They don't even have a sense of humor. He's not sitting in his little home in a smoking jacket sipping cognac by the fireplace laughing to himself "I left the pit!" The explanation is simple. The trap snapped itself, the olive flew off and he ate it. But now that he knows we're here, he won't come within a mile of us. As for me, I don't think we'll be seeing any more of that
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Flushed Away (2006)

Soundtrack:

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Wow…I just love this film!

Many have called me childish, but who could not love this film? I am very surprised that the IMDb has such a low rating for it. I expected it to be much higher. It isn't a "Yay, Hollywood Glamour Film," it's just a plain little slapstick comedy, with a mouse as the center of all of the chaos. Sadly, I lost this film when I brought it with me on a trip abroad, so I haven't seen it since. But when I first got it, I would watch it twice a day. I thought it was hilarious! Nathan Lane and Lee Evans are great in their roles, and Vicki Lewis just shines, but the real applause goes to the mouse that caused all of the trouble in the first place. Such a wee little thing, a poor little creature, and he turns the main character's lives into a living hell when they try to get rid of him. But it is not really the fault of the mouse. God no! It is the fault of the humans. The mouse is just trying to fight for its own survival when its home is threatened.

With Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, and Vicki Lewis