The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Mickey's House of Villains
Family · Animation · Comedy · 2002
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
Movie details
Mickey's House of Villains
“Disney's greatest villains take on Mickey!”
2002 Family · Animation · Comedy 1h 10m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.6 / 10
3.3K votes
TMDB
7.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Mickey's House of Villains?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jamie Mitchell · Rick Schneider · Bobs Gannaway
Written by
Kevin D. Campbell · Thomas Hart · Bobs Gannaway · Henry Gilroy
Wayne Allwine
Mickey Mouse (voice)
Tony Anselmo
Donald Duck/Huey/Dewey/Louie (voice)
Jeff Bennett
Salesman ("Mickey's Mechanical House") (Archive Audio) (voice)
Susanne Blakeslee
Cruella De Vil (voice)
Corey Burton
Captain Hook/Chernabog/Narrator/Chief O'Hara (voice)
Pat Carroll
Ursula (voice)
Jim Cummings
Big Bad Wolf/Kaa/Ed the Hyena (voice)
Court is in session
Put Mickey's House of Villains on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.