decidedly adult orient slapstick comedy and though it be originally market towards the young crowd and that have two very different brother ( play by comedian nathan lane and lee evans ) suddenly leave broke and homeless directly result from a couple of disturb and rather unfunny circumstance . by what seem like pure luck the bumbling brother inherit a dilapidated mansion at just the right time from their wealthy industrialist father ( play by william hickey ) who have just recently pass away . apparently the house and a they soon find out and be build by some well know architect in the mid nineteenth century ultimately make it very valuable and highly seek after by a number of collector . in the process of attempt to clean the place up so a to hold a big auction in it with hope of sell it to the high and wealthy bidder the two men realize ( much to their dismay ) that the house old resident and a tiny little mouse and be unwilling to give up his much love abode without a fight . from that basic plot hilarity be suppose to ensue and but for a number of reason it rarely do . one of the many thing that bother me about this flick and make it hard for me to laugh be the big fact that it be so dark and dank and just way too atmospheric for it own good . meaning that the seemingly unnamed time period and or place that it set in be far too unpleasant and grimy and gritty for an out and out comedy and let alone a kid film . in fact it kind of reminds me of the sometimes graphic and violent delicatessen and the city of lost child . dark and amoral and with a fairy tale like theme and enormous and meticulous set design . however and unlike those two film this one be inappropriately aim towards child via the cartoon like slapstick comedy reminiscent of the old wily coyote and the road runner and sorry but i get ta say it and tom and jerry cartoon . some curious cameo be also feature here from a number of character actor that be passable consider all and though to be honest i be still scratch my head a to why any of them would have actually make appearance in this flick in the first place while the actor i be in reference to be represent maury chakin and christopher walkin ( . ) and the late michael jeter and the late william hickey who pass away shortly after this film wrap and who memory it be dedicate to in the end credit and and vicki lewis . overall and mousehunt be not the bad film you could ever see that for sure . however and in my opinion and this be just my opinion mind you and i do not think that it really too fit for the kiddy out there frankly . though and a number of the adult be likely to get a kick out of this to a degree more or less and but i do not think that many of them will find it to be completely fall down hilarious by any mean . ( half out of ) .