Mousehunt

Original title: Mouse Hunt

1997
PG
1h 38m

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6.5/10

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Buddy Comedy Dark Comedy Farce High-Concept Comedy Holiday Comedy Slapstick Comedy Holiday

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

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

62K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,657

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Trivia
The mousetraps scene was completed without any digital effects. Over 800 mousetraps were set individually and rigged with wires under the floor. It took several takes, so each trap had to be reset, baited, and wired one at a time.

Goofs
In the scene when Lars is alone inside the factory, you can clearly see an arm behind the big fan pulling the thread from his jacket. You can even see a watch on the arm.

Quotes
Lars Smuntz: Well, these are all kittens. We were hoping for an older cat, one with... experience?
Maury: That's a switch. Most people like the cute little ones. Experience with what?
Ernie Smuntz: Mouse-hunting.
Maury: Ah, all cats are good mousers.
Ernie Smuntz: Yes, but you see, we have huge rats, the size of sumo wrestlers, and lots of 'em, so we really need a ferocious feline, preferably one with a history of mental illness. I'm talkin'... one mean pussy.
Lars Smuntz: Yeah! A vicious cat, difficult to love. You have any of those, knocking about your cages?
Maury: Funny you should ask. I had given up hope of anyone wanting him. We were about to gas him again.
Lars Smuntz, Ernie Smuntz: Again?

Crazy credits
During the last few seconds of the DreamWorks Pictures opening logo, the final seven notes of the musical logo is played on a French horn.

Alternate versions
Some VHS releases from 1998 and 2002 included a THX logo after the previews but before the film's opening logos.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Tomorrow Never Dies/Mousehunt/As Good as it Gets/Kundun/Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Soundtracks
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Written by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon and Buck Ram
Arranged by Bruce Fowler (as Bruce L. Fowler)
Performed by The Los Angeles Children's Chorus Ensemble: Daryl Getman, Gavin Hale, Julia Long, Adrienne Pardee, Mark Perry, Amy Sargious, Jonathan Saul, Chai-Fu Wang and Julia Wells
Anne Tomlinson, Artistic Director

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Featured review

9/10

Genius

When I first saw this movie in the theater, I did not really know what to expect. In the end, I never laughed so hard in my life. Granted, its not everyone's kind of humor (which certainly can be seen by the IMDB people that trashed it) but it is an extremely intelligent, yet slapstick dark comedy that may have you rolling on the floor.

I do not think that this movie is good for kids. From the very beginning, the movie isn't afraid to "cross the line" by causing upheaval at a funeral. But it handles things without the gratuitous use of sex, unlike most comedies these days.

Some of the funniest things about Mousehunt are in the details. (Keep an eye on the painting...) But the thing that I enjoyed the most was how the mouse was interweaved into the rest of the story. Although the movie isn't really about a mouse (it was about two brothers coming together in the wake of their father's death), I think we all could use a little chaos in our lives once in a while.