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      The Mosquito Coast

      PG Released Nov 26, 1986 1 hr. 58 min. Adventure Drama List
      76% 25 Reviews Tomatometer 61% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score A brilliant but unstable inventor and his family create what they hope will be their Utopia in Central America. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jul 04 Buy Now

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      Harrison Ford capably tackles a tough, unlikable role, producing a fascinating and strange character study.

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      Anthony S A hugely underrated movie Harrison Ford gives a superb performance of a very complicated man who it's very hard to like. Helen Mirren also puts in a strong performance as his kong suffering wife who struggles to cope with her husband's decent into madness. If you haven't seen this movie ignore what the Media critics say I did and discovered a really engrossing film that I have revisited several times. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/24 Full Review Alec B Arguably Ford's best performance. I think the reason the movie is still not well liked in some circles is because his character is so deeply unlikable and the script plays against his star power. Also the movie doesn't indulge the fantasy of rejecting modernity which audiences won't easily forgive. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Montague J A fascinating film. Its critique of the U.S. in the 80's still rings true, explained by a charmingly frantic Harrison Ford. It doesn't totally work as a whole, but it's an interesting ride. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/24 Full Review Dennis D This is what I remember about this film. I couldn't watch it all the way through. It was horrible back then as it is today. One of the few movies that I stop watching, going on 40 years. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/25/23 Full Review Stefano L Gutwrenching adventure-gone-wrong family yarn - the twisted flipside of Swiss Family Robinson. Extremely true to the celebrated novel, but with more warmth and humanity. River Phoenix unfurls an understated Oscar-worthy performance as he watches his father methodically get lost in an egotistical mentally-ill maze of his own making. Hits you in the stomach and the heart - MANDATORY VIEWING FOR ANY CHILDREN OF HARD-CORE PREPPERS!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/07/23 Full Review John R This movie really takes its time to make you sit in the world that Allie Fox creates. It's almost atmospheric in that way. Harrison Ford is enthralling, especially when what you know him from is primarily Star Wars. He experiences his own personal Heart of Darkness and pulls his family along with him. I can't say that I loved this movie, but it was way too interesting to write off. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      David Denby New York Magazine/Vulture I'm afraid that this ambitious movie is a complete disaster -- monomaniacal, tiresome, pointless, and, for all its devotion to the great outdoors, surprisingly claustrophobic. May 18, 2023 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The movie has been directed and acted so well, in fact, that almost all my questions have to do with the script: Why was the hero made so uncompromisingly hateful? Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Paul Attanasio Washington Post long with a clever and complex performance by Harrison Ford, that ambition makes for a movie that is deeply flawed, but undeniably powerful. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review John Ferguson Radio Times Ford is surprisingly convincing as the outwardly charming control freak, while River Phoenix gives a portrayal beyond his years as his troubled son. Rated: 4/5 Mar 7, 2024 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies The Mosquito Coast features what could very well be the most unlikable character ever portrayed on screen by Harrison Ford. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 10, 2023 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm Ford dials up the smarm of Han Solo and the hubris of Indiana Jones... Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 26, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A brilliant but unstable inventor and his family create what they hope will be their Utopia in Central America.
      Director
      Peter Weir
      Executive Producer
      Saul Zaentz
      Screenwriter
      Paul Schrader
      Distributor
      Warner Bros. Pictures
      Production Co
      Warner Brothers
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Adventure, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 26, 1986, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 7, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $12.9M
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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