The Mosquito Coast (1986)

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Directed by

Peter Weir

Starring (View all)

Harrison Ford
Allie Fox

Helen Mirren
Mother

River Phoenix
Charlie

Jadrien Steele
Jerry

Hilary Gordon
April

Rebecca Gordon
Clover

Jason Alexander
Clerk

Dick O'Neill
Mr. Polski

Written by

Paul Theroux
(novel)

Paul Schrader
(screenplay)

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A very good movie

8 years ago at Jan 11 11:44

johanlefourbe

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Since I'm a huge fan of Harrison Ford, I definitely had to watch this movie at some point. It was the second time in a row that Ford worked with Peter Weir. Indeed, just a year before, they released ' Witness' which was critically lauded and a box-office success. This flick didn't become such a big hit, it has even become one of the more obscure movies starring Harrison Ford and there is actually ... read more

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An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build an ice factory in the middle of the jungle.

Release date: 26 November 1986
UPC: 085393622121

Tags: Drama (9), Adventure (8), Central America (4), 1980s (4), Father Son Relationship (3), Family (3), Religion (3), Jungle (3), 1986 (3), Based On A Novel (2), (2), Obsession (2), Honduras (2), Dysfunctional Family (2), Action Hero (2), Back To Nature (1), Schizophrenic (1), Inventor (1), Tent (1), SnP (1)

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"13.6, PC Harrison Ford muuttaa perheensä kanssa viidakkoon, koska elämä jenkeissä ei maistu. Alku on ihan kiinnostava Fordin kuumotellessa ruuvit löysällä ydinsodasta, mutta viidakkoon päästyä hahmo alkaa tuntua jääräpäisyydessään rasittavalta eikä mitään kunnon naksahtamista hahmon osalta tapahdu. Tämä olisi ollut ihan tervetullutta, sillä nyt Mosquito Coast on kuivaa ja perhedraaman tasolle pehmitettyä tavaraa."