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 Full Review »
70
Washington Post: Paul Attanasio
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 Full Review »
60
Washington Post: Rita Kempley
As a persona of epic polarities, [Harrison Ford] animates this muddled, metaphysical journey into the jungle.Read Full Review »
50
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie has been directed and acted so well, in fact, that almost all my questions have to do with the script: Why was the hero made so uncompromisingly hateful?Read Full Review »
40
The New York Times: Vincent Canby
In spite of its authentic scenery (it was filmed in Belize), this Mosquito Coast is utterly flat.Read Full Review »
30
Time: Richard Schickel
The problem is that the high-pitched whine of Allie's character finally vitiates not merely the viewer's sympathy for him, but sympathy for the movie he dominates, despite the care and courage that went into its making.Read Full Review »
Hotmail
