MouseHunt

1997 98 min ★ 6.5 Comedy, Family

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.

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Cast

Nathan Lane

Ernie Smuntz

Lee Evans

Lars Smuntz

Vicki Lewis

April Smuntz

Maury Chaykin

Alexander Falko

Eric Christmas

The Lawyer

Michael Jeter

Quincy Thorpe

Debra Christofferson

Ingrid

Camilla Søeberg

Hilde

Ian Abercrombie

Auctioneer

Annabelle Gurwitch

Roxanne Atkins

Details

Director

Gore Verbinski

Screenplay

Adam Rifkin

Tagline

"Who's hunting who?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$38,000,000

Revenue

$122,417,389

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Riche-Ludwig Productions

Reviews

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谭哞哞

December 29, 2025

★ 5/10

The opening part of *The Mouse Hunt* is indeed funny—especially the bit where the protagonist’s dad falls into the sewer. After the mouse shows up, the suffering goes on forever, so I skipped most of the scenes where the mouse fights back because they were kind of boring. Honestly, even though the mouse defeats different opponents in different ways, the theme is always the same: the mouse is so...