Mousehunt

Once-wealthy string magnate Rudolf Smuntz dies, and he leaves his factory and an abandoned Victorian mansion to his two sons; the well-meaning and optimistic Lars, and venal cynic Ernie, who has ignored the family business to become a chef. At Ernie's restaurant, Mayor McKrinkle is dining and accidentally eats the head of a cockroach that came from Rudolf's half-smoked box of Cuban cigars that Ernie took for himself, and the restaurant closes down. Shortly after, the mayor dies of cardiac arrest and Ernie starts working at a diner. Meanwhile, when Lars refuses a buyout from a cord company called Zeppco International, his gold digger wife April (who Ernie resents) kicks him out.