Mousehunt (1997)
7/10
back and forth
1 August 2006
"Mousehunt" was the first Dreamworks movie that I ever saw in the theaters; when I saw it, I never would have guessed that director Gore Verbinski would later helm "The Ring" and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. Considering how neat this movie was, I now feel like I should have seen it coming. This one portrays brothers Ernie (Nathan Lane) and Lars Smuntz (Lee Evans) trying to rid their new house of a rodent who appears to be more clever than either of them. Some people might call this movie a mishmash of Laurel and Hardy with "The Money Pit" (some may even include "Home Alone", but I reject that totally). Maybe it is, but it's probably at heart an excuse to have fun, and the ending was pretty interesting.

So, just expect a really wild time with this flick. And you'll probably have to agree that during the short time that Christopher Walken is in the movie, he totally steals the show. Also starring Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Michael Jeter, William Hickey (in his final role) and William Frankfather (best remembered as the albino in "Foul Play").

And remember, a world without string is chaos.
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