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Synopsis: A family film about a mouse that lives in an old house where the geriatric owner dies, and Ernie and Lars Smuntz have plans for, but they have trouble getting rid of the mouse. It's like Home Alone with a mouse.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Gore Verbinski
Production: Dreamworks
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
PG
Year:
1997
98 min
1,797 Views


the son of a wealthy string magnate!

Not now, when I am married to the

owner...of a worthless death-trap!

I thought you'd be happy!

I stood up for myself today!

April, I've got new ideas.

You know, I've got big plans!

Don't you see, Lars?

That's all you've ever had are plans.

But my life is passing me by,

and l...l need more!

There's no air in the middle class,

Lars. I can't breathe here.

Please, April, don't go.

I'm not going anywhere.

(TV) 'ln a few moments, the joy

of the holidays was shattered...

'and the world changed

for many people.

'Mayor McKrinkle died at 4:30pm,

'at Our Lady of Sorrows Hospital.

'Doctors say

the cause of death is...

'heart failure due to

the mayor's culinary disaster.

'And once the hottest restaurant...

'Chez Ernie is scheduled

for demolition.'

I-l don't think I ordered

my cheese sandwich with capers.

- 'We go live to Leslie Reinhart.'

- Sorry.

'lf this tragedy has a villain

it is Ernie Smuntz.

- 'Once a local...'

- Ernie, you're on TV!

What? Oh.

You know what this is? I'll tell ya.

- Guilt by accusation.

- No capers.

But that's just grilled cheese.

What's the point?

Why don't they eat out of a trough?

Which one of you palateless sheep

sent my sandwich back?

Hi, Ernie!

Lars?

(Ernie) When I'm in the kitchen,

I cook.

I can't control everything in there.

(Lars) You know,

it isn't fair to blame you.

- You didn't do anything wrong.

- But society likes to persecute.

A scapegoat, someone to demonise.

The same thing happened to Galileo.

Really? That's unbelievable.

With a cockroach and everything?

No. The point is, I put everything

into that restaurant.

It was my livelihood and my home.

In one fatal bite,

it was all taken away from me.

If only we could sell the factory.

I'd let you stay with me, you know,

but, uh, April threw me out.

- Oh, that's too bad.

- Yeah, well, don't worry about me.

April's been like this

since high school.

- She'll be back. I...

- Would you look at them?

Sleeping in the street. Pitiful.

If I had a house, I'd sleep in it!

- Remember how close we were as kids?

- No.

Hey! Merry Christmas!

Yeah, I was on top once too.

But there's only one way to go from

there, and that's down, baby, down!

Oh!

Ernie.

Ernie! Ernie, there was

a quarter in there.

A quarter? You think so small, Lars.

Look at the bigger picture.

You have no home, no wife, no money.

You have no discernible talents.

How can you ignore that?

Ernie, it's Christmas.

Instead of dwelling on what we lack,

let's be thankful for what we have.

# lf only in my dreams #

(Ernie) What a dump.

Wow! I can't believe Pops

never told us about this house.

It's huge.

(Ernie) This is

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Adam Rifkin

Adam Rifkin, sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. His career ranges from broad family comedies to dark and gritty urban dramas. He is best known for writing family-friendly comedies like Mouse Hunt and 2007's Underdog. more…

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