The Mosquito Coast
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Movie Reviews of The Mosquito Coast
Movie Review: Good-bye Harrison Ford, have a @#$!! box-office!
Summary: 2 Stars
It's an intriguing premise: a brilliant,disillusioned (and sometimes delusional) inventor heads out, along with his family, into the remote sub-tropics of Central America to forge a new society. That's the plot of the Mosquito coast, adapted from the novel by Paul Theroux and featuring an energetic performance by Harrison Ford, as well as a few virtually non-existant ones by the rest of the cast, and it works, up to a point. The movie is interspersed with a few fairly compelling moments, such as the confrontations between Harrison Ford's borderline psychotic inventor and the exploitative missionary who has journeyed to the sub-tropics to preach "God's word", and clearly has alot on it's mind, but is nevertheless meandering, predictable (the tone of the movie is essentially the same throughout; one of ominous foreboding. From the onset, we know that Ford's plan is doomed to fail), and texturally uneven, with Director Peter Weir and screenwriter Paul Schrader ultimately biting off far more than they can chew.Movie Review: missing links--obviously based on a book
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie was nowhere near as good as the book. I'm surprised that anyone who read the book would think the movie's better. The movie's so unfulfilling because so much of the progression between events is left out. Instead the movie jumps from image to image in many places, as if a 5 second scene here and a 10 second scene there are enough to show how the family adapted to the environment--and, more importantly, adapted the environment to them. Of course, this is an insight that one could not have without reading the book and seeing how much was left out. There is a right way and a wrong way to adapt a book to the silver screen. This was the wrong way. If you insist on watching it, try reading the book first.Movie Review: Great Acting, Lousy Movie
Summary: 2 Stars
Although some of the acting is excellent, the movie becomes boring about half way into it. I can't tell you it is a lousy story because I'm not sure that is the problem. I do know the crazy man Ford plays and the whole movie gets a little tedious after he drags his family into the deepest jungle to build a giant ice machine. I have all Ford's movies but this one so I hope that tells you something. I do not recommend you buy this before you rent it.Movie Review: Great book if you like insanity, fair movie.
Summary: 2 Stars
Right now i have this ranked as HF's worst movie. Yes it is even worst than 6 days and 7 nights. I do preserve the 1 star rating for the totally bad movies, but HF is in it, hence 2 star here.Movie Review: Warning!! Not a happy ending!
Summary: 2 Stars
This is one of those thoughtful, well acted movies with a deeply unsatisfying conclusion. If you like such things, have at it. If you like happy endings, avoid it.