3 Blind Mice (2003)

Director:

Mathias Ledoux

Writer:

Mikael Ollivier (writer)

Release Date:

8 October 2003 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Thomas is a young computer specialist who spends most of his (spare?) time on the net. He logs regularly...

Plot Keywords:

Police Officer | Snuff Film | Throat Slitting | Internet | Female Nudity

Cast

Edward Furlong	...	Thomas Cross
Emilia Fox	...	Claire Bligh
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Mark Hayward
Sara Stewart	...	Thomas's Boss
Gary Connery	...	The Pizza Delivery Man
Elsa Zylberstein	...	Nathalie
Valérie Decobert	...	Cathy
Ben Miles	...	Lindsey
Philip Whitchurch	...	Carlin
Peter Wight	...	Tomlinson
Craig Kelly	...	Frank
Maria Pereira de Andrade	...	The Girl in Copenhagen
Martin Wenner	...	Jorn
Victoria Willing	...	The Mortuary Assistant
Hannah Eckersley	...	Storbest's Daughter

Also Known As:

Three Blind Mice (UK) (DVD box title)
Une souris verte (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality/nudity, violence and language.

Runtime:

UK:93 min | USA:89 min (DVD)

Country:

France | UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Caldera/De Fanti Entertainment

Soundtrack:

So In Love With You

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This movie is a English/French co-production, with Edward Furlong in the leading role. Quite a departure from the happy singing rhino in Death to Smoochy, if you ask me, I hardly even recognize him and wasn't truly convinced it was him. Just kidding, that was Edward Norton. I always get them confused, for some reason. Maybe it's the "Edward" part. Maybe it's because they were in a movie together? (American History X). At any rate, this is a fairly muddled and confusing movie. It may take another viewing to determine some of what whizzed by but I would have to wonder if I could sit through it again? It has something to do with the discovery of an online snuff site, I guess not really a site but one that taps into people's sad little online sites where they have webcams set up so voyeurs can watch them make dinner and get their throats cut. It has oodles of computer mumbo-jumbo that may be fascinating only to people that dabble in firewalls, hacking, and voyeuristic web sites. On the plus side, it does possess a decent atmosphere, and some interesting soundtrack music as well. But unfortunately that's not enough to save it from itself. Throw in some corporate baddies that are either in cahoots with the government, the police, or maybe both (hard to tell) and it becomes just another cliché. I think this really had promise but it was just too dense (or maybe I was?) to get through. Things move speedily on down the line with no explanation for what's happening, characters aren't developed enough, and the viewer is left in the dust wondering what they just saw. Too bad.