The Mouse Trap

Plot Synopsis:

A group of friends have a birthday party at a Dave and Buster's style fun zone. While there, they are stalked and picked off one by one by a murderous version of Mickey Mouse.

Positives:

It's only 80 minutes.

Negatives:

Where to start? The acting is awful. I suppose the lead actress is the only person who gives a performance that isn't complete dogshit. But, that still doesn't make it good. Then again, how can I expect good performances with this script. This movie actually has a conversation that boils down to "I'll be right back." "Man, he's dead." It feels like the filmmakers watched Scream and thought to themselves, "we can do it better," but Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson, they are not. Oh yeah, and Mickey teleports. Why is that a thing? You watch this thinking you might at least get some good kills. Nope. They are mostly bloodless and off-screen. I'd call the "characters" cardboard cutouts, but I honestly don't know that I want to insult cardboard. Despite this movie's short running time, it drags. It is so poorly paced. Then again, I just can't bring myself to care about anything in this movie. Oh yeah. I almost forgot, the movie starts out with an "homage" to Star Wars by doing the opening text crawl. All I could think was that, to me, it felt more like a joke that would have belonged in a movie movie.

Final Thoughts:

Does the phrase "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is a better movie" sum it up? Personally, I think so, and that's not a sentence I would have ever expected to say.

My Rating:

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