Product Details

• Actors: Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, Andy Devine
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: English
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
• VHS Release Date: April 24, 1991
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300137171
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,045 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Actually, pretty good., March 23, 2002

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"desolatemm" (northern,new jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mouse and His Child [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this movie years ago on HBO, and didn't quite understand it. It centers around two wind-up toy mice. A mouse and his child. The father mouse speaks in a monotone voice that may possibly drive you up a wall. Anyway, they end up on a journey to become independent and self winding. During their travels they run into Manny the Rat, who uses toys especially wind-ups, to do his dirty work. A very interseting, and funny part is Manny the Rat crashing the theatrical production and starts to recite some heavy vocabulary until getting hit in the head with a tomato. Will Manny get his? Will the mice conquer? Some interseting things to look at in this film: Forgiving, A fathers wisdom, love, and little life lessons that we all can pick up on. Pretty good animation too. Youngsters may not sit through it all, but it's a good film to have in your collection.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh please put this on dvd..., January 26, 2006

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Penny G "muzorch" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mouse and His Child [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I haven't seen this movie in ages but I never forgot it and neither has my daughter who was about 8 y/o at the time. And ever so often we still talk about it. She's now 26 and recently graduated from college.

It sparked many interesting discusions but of the things I loved besides the storyline was the music. I remember what I believed to be the main theme sung by a child. That and a few other instrumental tunes stuck with me over the years because of their beauty.

This would be one movie that I would have to get if it ever came out on dvd.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twisted yet enduring..., October 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mouse and His Child [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this movie when I was really young, too young probably to see it. Since then, I'd forgotten a lot about it, including the title and plot, but I have that impression (the gghost you could say) of the movie. All I clearly remembered was the can of dog food...for some reason it stuck with me. When I saw this reprinted (the book) I was so excited, and bought it immediately. This movie is crazy, dark, and disturbing, along the lines of the Hobbit. It has pretty deep meaning, most of which would fly over kids heads, but adults might like. If you're really uptight and only enjoy Disney-fied overdone saccharine things, this is not for you. But if you're willing to be disturbed, and hate and love a movie at the same time, this will stick with you.