Two squabbling brothers inherit a string factory and an abandoned old mansion from their dead father, only to discover the house is a design classic worth a fortune. Their one problem is a tenacious mouse who has taken up residence and refuses to leave. Much chaos and destruction ensues.
This is a great mad movie, full of wild acting and delirious pratfalls. Adam Rifkin's script is fantastic; the central conceit (man versus mouse) is maybe a little thin, but there's so much funny and inventive action and the characters are so goofy that who cares ? Lane is wonderfully pompous, Evans' body-popping antics are a scream and Walken has a hilarious cameo as a barking mad high-tech exterminator. Technically the film is just superb, with fabulous design for the house and the string factory, some wonderful mouse-point-of-view photography and several bravura set-pieces (my favourite is a scene where the brothers set up about ten thousand mousetraps). It also has a fabulous driving score by Alan Silvestri which stirs the whole movie into a higher gear of nuttiness and entertainment. Brilliantly directed.
This is a great mad movie, full of wild acting and delirious pratfalls. Adam Rifkin's script is fantastic; the central conceit (man versus mouse) is maybe a little thin, but there's so much funny and inventive action and the characters are so goofy that who cares ? Lane is wonderfully pompous, Evans' body-popping antics are a scream and Walken has a hilarious cameo as a barking mad high-tech exterminator. Technically the film is just superb, with fabulous design for the house and the string factory, some wonderful mouse-point-of-view photography and several bravura set-pieces (my favourite is a scene where the brothers set up about ten thousand mousetraps). It also has a fabulous driving score by Alan Silvestri which stirs the whole movie into a higher gear of nuttiness and entertainment. Brilliantly directed.