Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
MouseHunt is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Gore Verbinski released in USA on 19 december 1997 with Nathan Lane

MouseHunt (1997)

MouseHunt
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 19 december 1997
Length 1h38
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Fantasy
Rating64% 3.249933.249933.249933.249933.24993

MouseHunt is a 1997 Irish/British/American comedy/drama film directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Adam Rifkin and starring Nathan Lane and Lee Evans. It was the first family film to be released by DreamWorks. The film was shot just prior to William Hickey's death.

In the story, two Laurel-and-Hardy-like brothers struggle against one small house mouse for possession of a house that was willed to them by their father. The intelligent and crafty mouse outwits them completely. The film is set in a humorously indeterminate 20th century time period, with styles ranging from the 1940s to the 1970s to the 1990s.

Synopsis

When once-wealthy string magnate Rudolf Smuntz (William Hickey) dies, he leaves his outdated string factory and a run-down mansion to his two sons, Lars (Lee Evans) and Ernie (Nathan Lane). When Lars refuses a proposal by representatives from the large Zeppco conglomerate to purchase their string factory, his greedy wife April (Vicki Lewis) promptly throws him out. Meanwhile, Ernie serves Mayor McKrinkle (Cliff Emmich) at his restaurant in anticipation of becoming a famous chef for serving such a high-profile guest. However, the mayor is poisoned by a cockroach (which came from Rudolf's old box of Cuban cigars that Ernie took for himself) and suffers two heart attacks. As a result, the mayor dies, Ernie's restaurant is closed down by the Board of Health, and he too is out on the street.

Actors

Nathan Lane

(Ernest "Ernie" Smuntz)
Lee Evans

(Lars Smuntz)
Vicki Lewis

(April Smuntz)
Maury Chaykin

(Alexander Falko)
Christopher Walken

(Caeser, the Exterminator)
Trailer of MouseHunt

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to MouseHunt

There are 183 films with the same actors, 13 films with the same director, 40472 with the same cinematographic genres (including 2092 with exactly the same 2 genres than MouseHunt), 3515 films with the same themes (including 313 films with the same 4 themes than MouseHunt), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked MouseHunt, you will probably like those similar films :
Rango
Rango (2011)
, 1h47
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films, Reptile
Actors Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton
Rating72% 3.645153.645153.645153.645153.64515
Rango, a pet chameleon (Johnny Depp) becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls from his owners' car by accident. He meets an armadillo named Roadkill (Alfred Molina) who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West and directs the parched chameleon to find water at a town called Dirt. While wandering the desert, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a vicious red-tailed hawk and has a surreal nightmare before meeting the desert iguana Beans (Isla Fisher), a rancher's daughter, who takes the chameleon to Dirt, an Old West town populated by desert animals.
Stuart Little, 1h25
Directed by Rob Minkoff
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Transport films, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Road movies, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Nathan Lane, Julia Sweeney
Rating60% 3.000773.000773.000773.000773.00077
Eleanor Little (Geena Davis) and Frederick Little (Hugh Laurie) go to the orphanage to adopt a younger brother for their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki). At the orphanage, they meet and fall in love with an anthropomorphic mouse named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox). Despite misgivings from Mrs. Keeper (Julia Sweeney), they adopt Stuart and take him home. However, Stuart is greeted coldly by George, who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother, and the family cat Snowbell (Nathan Lane), who disapproves of having a mouse for a "master".
Nine Lives
Nine Lives (2016)
, 1h27
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Kevin Spacey, Robbie Amell, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Walken, Mark Consuelos, Teddy Sears
Rating53% 2.6590452.6590452.6590452.6590452.659045
Tom Brand est homme d’affaires, très pressé et ne pensant qu'à sa carrière. Il s'est même éloigné de sa femme Lara et de sa fille Rebecca. Pour l'anniversaire de sa fille, il décide de lui faire cadeau d'un chat, acquis auprès d'un étrange personnage. Après un violent accident, il tombe dans le coma et son esprit est à présent dans la tête de l'animal. Alors qu'il est confronté à ses erreurs passées et à une vie de quadrupède, il va essayer de se racheter auprès des personnes de son entourage.
Teacher's Pet, 1h14
Directed by Timothy Björklund
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Nathan Lane, Shaun Fleming, Debra Jo Rupp, Kelsey Grammer, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Stiller
Rating57% 2.852972.852972.852972.852972.85297
Spot is a dog who wants nothing more than to be a boy, a fantasy he has been fulfilling for one year, dressing as a boy named Scott Leadready II, and going to school with his master Leonard Helperman. Leonard is looking forward to spending the summer with his dog, but Spot proudly declares "I Wanna Be a Boy". Mary Lou Helperman, the fourth grade teacher and Leonard's mother, is nominated for a "Teacher of the Year" award, and given use of Principal Strickler's Wentawaygo to travel to the finals in Sunny Southern Florida, under the condition that no dogs are allowed in the RV. Leonard sadly bids farewell to Spot ("A Boy Needs a Dog") as he and his mother depart.
Alpha and Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure, 45minutes
Directed by Anthony Bell, Richard Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Chris Carmack, Danny Glover, Benjamin Diskin, Kevin Sussman, Kate Higgins, Shaun Gerardo
Rating50% 2.5378552.5378552.5378552.5378552.537855
Kate and Humphrey are eager to spend the upcoming winter with their family. Their three pups Stinky, Claudette and Runt are playing, when they are attacked by a big grizzly bear, but are saved by rogue wolves, however Runt vanishes. Once word about Runt's disappearance is brought to the pups' family, they look for Runt, but they spy rogue wolves having captured Runt heading to Banff National Park, home to the rogue wolf pack. Kate and Humphrey venture while the others go to organize the rest of the pack.
Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon, 57minutes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Kelly Stables, Vicki Lewis, Jim Cummings, Laraine Newman, Wayne Knight, Dee Bradley Baker
Rating59% 2.954822.954822.954822.954822.95482
The movie begins showing wizard Kaldorf expelling witch Drizelda from a village. Kaldorf allows Drizelda's niece Athena to stay. The elf villagers fear she will turn out like her aunt because she keeps vermin (Jerry) and has an affection for cats (Tom). The cat and mouse are babies and Athena is only a young barefoot girl.
Antz
Antz (1998)
, 1h23
Directed by Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about insects, Children's films
Actors Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken
Rating64% 3.245523.245523.245523.245523.24552
The setting for the story is an ant colony in Central Park in New York City. The protagonist is Z-4195 (Woody Allen), or "Z" for short, a neurotic and pessimistic worker ant living in a wholly totalitarian society who longs for the opportunity to truly express himself. His friends include fellow worker Azteca (Jennifer Lopez) and a soldier ant, Weaver (Sylvester Stallone). Z meets Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) at a bar where she goes to escape from her suffocating royal life and falls in love with her.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2h48
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander
Rating71% 3.551473.551473.551473.551473.55147
To control the oceans, Lord Cutler Beckett executes anyone associated with piracy and uses Davy Jones to destroy pirate ships. Condemned prisoners sing “Hoist the Colours” to compel the nine Pirate Lords to convene at Shipwreck Cove to hold the Brethren Court. However, Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the Lords, never named a successor. Captain Barbossa, along with Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Tia Dalma, and the crew of the Black Pearl, plot to rescue Jack from Davy Jones’ Locker. Travelling to Singapore, the crew meet Sao Feng who owns navigational charts to the Locker. Beckett’s soldiers invade, but the crew escape, Feng and Turner making a deal to give Jack to Feng so he in turn can use the Pearl to rescue his father Bootstrap Bill from the Flying Dutchman. The crew successfully rescue Jack, but find themselves trapped in the Locker, encountering dead souls, including Elizabeth’s murdered father Governor Swann. They learn the Dutchman must have a captain, and their heart must be cut out to captain the vessel.
The Flying Sorceress
Directed by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors June Foray
Rating69% 3.48063.48063.48063.48063.4806
Tom répond à une petite annonce pour accompagner une vieille dame en voyage. Mais celle-ci est en réalité une sorcière...
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, 1h12
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Scoutisme, Le thème des vacances, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Charles Adler, Hugh Laurie, Wayne Brady, Kevin Schon
Rating43% 2.1980752.1980752.1980752.1980752.198075
Stuart and his family (and Monty who stows away in the car) are going camping. When they get there, Stuart meets a smooth-talking skunk named Reeko who is forced to give food to "The Beast". Stuart and George join the "Lake Scouts" which Stuart has trouble in. But Reeko makes a deal with The Beast, resulting in Snowbell getting captured by him and Stuart goes off on an adventure to save him. Eventually, Stuart and his friends attempt trick the Beast into falling into a trap covered with sticks and leaves which doesn't work. Reeko shows up with a group of forest animals. Reeko taunts the Beast and the Beast roars at him. Reeko turns around, yells a battle cry, and sprays the Beast with all of his might. The Beast is taken away to a zoo and Stuart earns a gold kerchief at last. Reeko tells Stuart that he (Reeko) was wrong to betray him. Stuart bids farewell to his friends as he, George, Eleanor, Frederick, Snowbell, and Monty head back home and live happily ever after.