The Mosquito Coast (1986)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:15
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A brilliant and obsessive inventor, fed up with capitalistic and consumeristic modern society, picks up and moves his family to an isolated Caribbean island, where he puts his ideas into practice.... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts
Director: Peter Weir
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Reviews for The Mosquito Coast
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A stretch for Ford, but worth it. Unique and fascinating character study.
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Examines the consequences of a father's egotism on his family. Full Review |
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Meandering film that doesn't really seem to know where it's going or what it is.
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It's a testament to Ford's talent that we actually care what happens to him, because in a lesser actor's hands, we'd be hoping that some cannibalistic natives would eat him. Full Review |
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It's easy to forget how well Harrison Ford can play an unlikable character.
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Harrison Ford gives one of his best performances in this underrated film.
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Weird and smoothly engaging. Harrison Ford does some great (non-hero) work here.
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