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The Mouse That Roared

1959 · 83 min

A gentle, witty satire full of absurd charm, where a tiny nation's misadventure feels like a cozy, laugh-out-loud fable.

Tagline
They're taking over the country in an invasion of laughs!
Overview
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • war
  • power
  • deception
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism4
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jack Arnold
Written by
Roger MacDougall, Stanley Mann
Starring
Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell, David Kossoff, Leo McKern, MacDonald Parke, Austin Willis, Timothy Bateson
Music
Edwin Astley
Cinematography
John Wilcox
Runtime
83 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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