Mousehunt (1997)
Country: US
Technical: col 98m
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, William Hickey, Christopher Walken (as a pest control virtuoso)
Synopsis:
Brothers inherit a string factory and a rundown old house, both apparently worthless. However, when the latter turns out to be the last of its architectural kind, they find themselves in a battle for possession with the resident rodent.
Review:
As technology became ever more proficient, film makers imagined and storyboarded their films increasingly like a filmed cartoon. This is a case in point: the ingenuity of the situations and their execution is beyond doubt - Verbinski is clearly a talent - but at feature length the accelerating destruction and inexorably broad register lead to viewer fatigue. That said, the cast are given ample opportunity to showcase their stock in trade, and kids will love it.
Country: US
Technical: col 98m
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, William Hickey, Christopher Walken (as a pest control virtuoso)
Synopsis:
Brothers inherit a string factory and a rundown old house, both apparently worthless. However, when the latter turns out to be the last of its architectural kind, they find themselves in a battle for possession with the resident rodent.
Review:
As technology became ever more proficient, film makers imagined and storyboarded their films increasingly like a filmed cartoon. This is a case in point: the ingenuity of the situations and their execution is beyond doubt - Verbinski is clearly a talent - but at feature length the accelerating destruction and inexorably broad register lead to viewer fatigue. That said, the cast are given ample opportunity to showcase their stock in trade, and kids will love it.
Country: US
Technical: col 98m
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, William Hickey, Christopher Walken (as a pest control virtuoso)
Synopsis:
Brothers inherit a string factory and a rundown old house, both apparently worthless. However, when the latter turns out to be the last of its architectural kind, they find themselves in a battle for possession with the resident rodent.
Review:
As technology became ever more proficient, film makers imagined and storyboarded their films increasingly like a filmed cartoon. This is a case in point: the ingenuity of the situations and their execution is beyond doubt - Verbinski is clearly a talent - but at feature length the accelerating destruction and inexorably broad register lead to viewer fatigue. That said, the cast are given ample opportunity to showcase their stock in trade, and kids will love it.