Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- sardonic
- uncomfortable
- arthouse movie night
- dark comedy viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an inventive but uneven black comedy, with Josef Hader's performance and social satire stronger than its execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Georg's polished life as a critic, husband, and Viennese professional deteriorates as his concealed unemployment and revenge campaign expose its fragility.
Georg begins with small acts of vandalism against his former editor, but the campaign grows increasingly extreme and destabilizes his life.
Georg responds to being fired and losing financial security by hiding the truth and sabotaging his former workplace, turning humiliation into personal collapse.
Repairing a rundown rollercoaster in Vienna's Prater Park provides a colorful public setting that contrasts with Georg's deteriorating bourgeois domestic life.
Films like Wild Mouse, and why
The Square
Shared blackly comic tone, bourgeois social satire, and escalating personal revenge after professional humiliation.
Goodnight Mommy
Shared Austrian setting, caustic humor, uncomfortable domestic dysfunction, and protagonists unraveling through petty schemes.
A Serious Man
Shared dark comedy, wounded male protagonists, and revenge-driven escalation beneath an ordinary middle-class life.
The Death of Stalin
Shared bleak workplace satire, social embarrassment, and comic descent into increasingly destructive behavior.
Movie Details
- Director
- Josef Hader
- Release Date
- 2017-02-17
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (89)
Cast
- Josef Hader
- Pia Hierzegger
- Georg Friedrich
- Jörg Hartmann
- Denis Moschitto
- Crina Semciuc
- Nora Waldstätten
- Murathan Muslu
- Maeckes
- Maria Hofstätter
Common questions
- What is Wild Mouse about?
- A disgraced Viennese music critic turns private humiliation into an increasingly reckless campaign of revenge.
- What is Wild Mouse like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Wild Mouse as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Wild Mouse violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Wild Mouse as mild.
- What did critics think of Wild Mouse?
- Critics generally found the film an inventive but uneven black comedy, with Josef Hader's performance and social satire stronger than its execution.
- Which films are like Wild Mouse?
- Films with a similar feel include The Square, Goodnight Mommy, A Serious Man, and The Death of Stalin.
- How long is Wild Mouse?
- Wild Mouse runs 103 minutes.
