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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 78Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovAbsolutely one-hundred-percent ridiculous, this is comedy of a higher order, and more maniacally inspired than almost anything released in years.
- 70The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinFar better than you'd expect. Despite its intelligence-insulting premise, Mouse Hunt is a well-crafted, surprisingly smart film that benefits tremendously from the winning chemistry between Lane and talented newcomer Evans.
- 63USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaWacked-out and warped. [19 December 1997, p. 3D]
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinAs the family film least insulting to its audience's intelligence this season, Mouse Hunt has its share of grown-up appeal along with mouse mischief guaranteed to have children giggling.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenIf you're a five-year-old, or the mental equivalent thereof, and love Saturday morning cartoons, the more violent the better, then Mouse Hunt may just be the movie for you.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliMouseHunt is "'Home Alone" with a rodent in the place of Macaulay Culkin.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackMouse Hunt is inane, antic cinema in the extreme. But even if half the gags don't quite work, the other half are inspired.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoLane, with his extensive stage experience, is acerbic, profoundly cynical and endlessly disgruntled. As the foil, Evans strike the right comic nice-guy note; he has fun with the character's sweetness and refuses to degrade him.
- 50New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardAa bit too familiar an American tail. [19 December 1997, p. 82]
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNot very funny, and maybe couldn't have been very funny no matter what, because the pieces for comedy are not in place.