MouseHunt

"Who's hunting who?"

1997 1h 38m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 1,427

ComedyFamily

Synopsis

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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.

“Who's hunting who?”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Adam Rifkin
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.2× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gore Verbinski, shot by Phedon Papamichael. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Craig Wood shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Nathan Lane and Lee Evans and Vicki Lewis carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Who's hunting who?".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0119715 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Gore Verbinski directs. Phedon Papamichael behind the camera. Alan Silvestri scores. Craig Wood cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.2× over at the box office.
229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Gore Verbinski, shot by Phedon Papamichael. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Alan Silvestri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Craig Wood shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Nathan Lane and Lee Evans and Vicki Lewis carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Who's hunting who?".
8IMDB entry: tt0119715 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 22 themes, including "factory worker", "factory", "sibling relationship", "winter".

The technical file

Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
Original score: Alan Silvestri
Editing: Craig Wood
Production design: Linda DeScenna
Costume design: Jill M. Ohanneson
Makeup / hair: Julie Hewett
VFX supervisor: Charles Gibson
Stunt coordinator: M. James Arnett
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $38,000,000
Box office: $122,417,389
Return: 322% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: MouseHunt (1997)

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谭哞哞2025-12-29
★ 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 powerful that everyone gets humiliated. Even heroes as strong as Spider‑Man or Jackie Chan in Jackie Chan Adventures can take down a bunch of foes in a single episode, but they occasionally run into truly formidable enemies that take two or three episodes to defeat—like Venom for Spider‑Man or the Hell Demon in Jackie Chan Adventures. If the mouse dominates the whole story from start to finish, isn’t that dull? Is this really just a family comedy meant only for kids? The $25 million auctioned old house gets wrecked by the mouse, and then the mouse follows the two brothers to a textile factory, where it makes a cheesy furball. The brothers end up making peace with the mouse… I think I’ll go watch How to Train Your Dragon instead.

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