Mouse Hunt (Mousehunt)

Mouse Hunt (Mousehunt) (1997)

  • 43% of critics liked it
    (30 reviews)

  • 50% of users liked it
    (170,235 ratings)

Gore Verbinski, the TV-commercials director responsible for the Budweiser frogs, directed this Adam Rifkin screenplay about two brothers (Nathan Lane and Lee Evans) who inherit a string factory and a decaying country home after the death of their father (the late William Hickey, in his last role).… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Rif Coogan
Genres
Comedy, Kids & Family
In Theaters
Dec 19, 1997 Wide
Dreamworks

Critic Reviews

  • Scott G. Mignola, Common Sense Media

    A vivacious, clever slapstick comedy.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, StaciWilson.com

    Dickens meets Wile E. Coyote.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Emil K


    Very badly concieved comedy that at times feels a bit too harsh to be suitable for kids when it comes to language it uses. Mousehunt is pure slapstick and nearly all of it's running time that slapstick is nothing but two lame and bad actors, Nathan Lane and Lee Evans, trying to… More

  • Jeff "


    Mediocre comedy that is slow with bad effects, Mouse Hunt simply doesn't have anything good going for it. The film was funny when first released, however it's not one of those films that has stood the test of time, and quite frankly got sillier with every viewing. I… More

  • Lucas M


    A always love this film when I was a child... now is just another silly, but some times clever movie that looks like a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Rotten.

  • AJ V


    This movie will please young kids with its stupid cat and mouse slapstick humor, but others will not find it funny.

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