Mouse Hunt (1997) | (Almost) Cult Classics

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[Hario]

I thought everyone's seen this movie, I saw this dozens of times on repeat when I was a kid. Nathan Lane is amazing in this. I absolutely adore this film

[Apethantos]

On top of that, a great feat of this movie is that it has one of the most wholesome endings for a dark comedy I've ever seen.

[deadpan]

The brilliance is in the casting: you have Nathan Lane who is a throw back Vaudeville/Burlesque style loud mouth comic and the criminally underrated Lee Evans who compliments with his lanky rubber man style of physical comedy that harkens not only Buster Keaton but countless other “forgotten” silent comics like Larry Semon and Al St John ( to name a few). I think perhaps the best bit of physical comedy in the last 20 yrs is Evans playing the paraplegic (but really a con-man) in There’s Something About Mary who walks with the aid of hand crutches and drops his keys, refusing to let anyone assist because his has to learn to pick them up himself and struggles vainly because the crutches impedes his reach. Brilliant physicality on display.

[chadgarcia]

i like the part when the mouse tucks itself in for bed time.

[matthewbanzer]

The fact Gore Verbinski directed this proves he has one of the biggest ranges of any Hollywood director

[OrinPhelps]

I watched this movie so often as a child the tape broke.

[un-inkpressivevideos]

Mouse Hunt. Now that’s a film I haven’t heard or seen in a long while. It was definitely one of my favorites growing up so thanks for reminding me of this classic and as always great video dude

[Larry]

It's a shame this movie didn't do too well, it should have been Lee Evan's foot in the door for Hollywood, but he just got bit parts at most afterwards. Reminds me of Drop Dead Fred in that respect.

[JordanGrimmer]

I felt like this was quite big here in the UK. I used to watch it all the time as a kid, it's a favourite in my family. Shame it wasn't a huge success.

[ANerdyCanadian]

The score by Alan Silvestri is also fantastic and really brings the film up a notch

[Qualimar]

I never understood why this wasn't a bigger hit. I always loved it and "Terry Gilliam wrote a Laurel & Hardy film" is a brilliant way of describing it.

[eddymadison]

5:28 "Terry Gilliam wrote a Laurel & Hardy film"

I know right 😁

[Emi_Alvarez]

Lee Evans is so underated, I can't believe he's been in only a handful of movies.

[electrojones]

Those two should have been paired together in more films.

[stevemurray]

"We're looking for a one with a history of mental illness".

[ToonReel]

This film is very regularly rerun here in Britain, leaving me to think it got more respect it deserved here.

I have to agree it feels like a very 'classic' comedy despite updating some of the gags to be more risqué. Stuff like the gas explosion and pretty much the whole auction scene are wonderfully done and leave me laughing no matter how many times I watch them. I also love that scene where the brothers' feud over their past resentments, it's so earnest and pathos inducing without blowing the comedic pace at all.

[Casey_Schmidt]

Wait how is this not a cult classic? This is one of my favorite movies. Did nobody actually see this movie??

Best line, " you hit the piano!"

[dicewrites]

I watched this movie a ton as a kid, I still remember it fondly to this day. Might have to find a copy and have a movie night with the folks, I remember my whole family liked it a lot.

[greenhowie]

"HALF a cockroach..." some of the humour in this was brilliant. Really reminded me of Roald Dahl's style, especially compared to the film adaptation of The Witches.

[MrCaptainA]

"Mouse Hunt" is basically a full-length, live-action Tom and Jerry movie.