MOUSE HUNT (PG)
D: Gore Verbinski
Dreamworks (Tony Riche, Tony Ludwig & Bruce
Cohen)
US 1997
97 mins
Comedy
W: Adam Rifkin
DP: Phedon Papamichael
Ed: Craig Wood
Mus: Alan Silvestri
Nathan Lane (Ernie Smuntz), Lee Evans (Lars Smuntz), Vicki
Lewis (April Smuntz), Maury Chaykin (Alexander Falco), Michael Jeter (Quincy Thorpe), Christopher Walken (Caesar), William Hickey (Rudolf Smuntz)
Two brothers attempt to rid a derelict mansion they hope
to inherit of a mouse which scurries around it.
This cartoon-like slapstick farce has a dark, gothic
undertone to it, making it just as enjoyable for adults as it would be for children. A busy mix of Laurel & Hardy and Tom & Jerry, though I prefer to think of it as a rodent's
equivalent of Home Alone.
6/10