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Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 143

Fresh: 19

Rotten:124

Average Rating: 4.2/10

Consensus: A bland comedy that squanders a talented cast.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some brief sexual comments and nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 20, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $14,244,145

Synopsis: The quiet, charming town of Mooseport, Maine is invaded by the former president of the country in this Capraesque comedy starring Ray Romano and Gene Hackman. Monroe "The Eagle" Cole (Gene Hackman)... The quiet, charming town of Mooseport, Maine is invaded by the former president of the country in this Capraesque comedy starring Ray Romano and Gene Hackman. Monroe "The Eagle" Cole (Gene Hackman) is a hugely popular Clinton-era former president, who retires to bucolic Mooseport, Maine after a bitter divorce from his wife (Christine Baranski). Coincidentally, Mooseport is in need of a new mayor and Cole steps in to what he thinks will be a one-man race and a much-needed publicity boost. However, local handyman and plumber Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) has entered the race as well, complicating the no-contest election. Handy is a beloved Mooseport local, well-liked but incapable of committing to his long-time girlfriend Sally Mannis (Maura Tierney). Sally has spent the last seven years waiting for Handy to propose and so, when a smitten Cole asks her out on a dinner date, she eagerly accepts in hopes of making Handy jealous. It works, turning the race into a personal and political rivalry as Handy fights not only the mayorship but also to regain Sally's heart. Supporting stars include Marcia Gay Harden and Rip Torn as members of Cole's staff, who help to launch a full-scale campaign in the town of less than a thousand people. [More]

Starring: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski

Starring: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski, Marcia Gay Harden, Fred Savage, Rip Torn

Director: Donald Petrie

Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Tom Schulman
Story: Doug Richardson
Producer: Tom Schulman, Basil Iwanyk, Mark Frydman
Composer: John Debny
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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03/27/09
Todd McCarthy
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Comes off less like a feature film than a failed sitcom pilot.

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12/28/08
Michael Dequina
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Welcome--now get out.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/05/07
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Whose story is this? Nobody's. We don't know whom we're meant to root for...

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

This lackluster production fails to generate much in the way of tension and less in the way of merriment.

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01/09/07
Kam Williams
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Garth Franklin
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10/07/04
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

The movie never takes its material far enough, it's never daring, it's never edgy, it's never satiric. It's just, well, it's just TV.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/10/04
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Charming, little comedy that amuses from start to finish.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
06/04/04
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Hollywood kids the Democrats because the love the Democrats.

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04/17/04
Stephen Himes
Film Snobs

a pretty enjoyable film and if you’re looking for a distraction from all of the real world politics, at least the laughs in “Mooseport” are intentional.

Full Review Source: Gazette (MD) | comment Comment
04/15/04
Jeffrey Lyles
Gazette (MD)

The script is so weak, so illogical, so bereft of actual humour that it takes the considerable charm of the cast merely to prop it up.

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04/09/04
Kim Linekin
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Ready for a timely political comedy with Gene Hackman?

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04/08/04
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum

This comedy about politics in a small community must have looked good on paper, with Gene Hackman and Ray Romano on board, but it just fizzles.

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03/25/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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03/16/04
Brian Orndorf
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Clunkily earthbound as its characters and the situations plod forward while never getting anywhere.

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03/16/04
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Lord knows we need to laugh about politics, but when it comes to salving our Oval Office wounds, Welcome to Mooseport is like taking a baby aspirin for pneumonia...

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03/12/04
Anita Schmaltz
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Not even accidentally amusing, is dumber than a Lyndon Larouche campaign, and features a love story that can only be described as icky. Make that two love stories, and they're both icky.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
03/08/04
Gregory Freitas
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