The Mosquito Coast
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- Synopsis
- Harrison Ford delivers one of his most-acclaimed performances in Peter Weir's adaptation of Paul Theroux's novel (scripted by Paul Schrader). Ford plays Allie Fox, an inventor embittered by the blighted landscape of the contemporary United States....
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- Starring
- Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Jadrien Steele, Hilary Gordon
- Director(s)
- Peter Weir
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Brothers
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 119 min.
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Critic Reviews
Weir's orchestrated The Mosquito Coast's action to match Fox's progressive mental state, from rage to explosion to squalls and finally to hurricane velocity; however, the film leaves us not with an apotheosis, but exhaustion. [26 Nov 1986]Read the full review
The Mosquito Coast is the only movie you'll see this season that has too much ambition for its own good - its subject, really, is nothing less than the American experience.Read the full review
It is hard to believe that a film as beautiful as The Mosquito Coast [adapted from the novel by Paul Theroux] can also be so bleak, but therein lies its power and undoing.Read the full review
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