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The Mosquito Coast

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The Mosquito Coast
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PG,1hr 59min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1986
Director:
Peter Weir
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix  ...more
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. As he tells his oldest son, Charlie (River Phoenix), "Look around you. It's a toilet." He moves his wife (Helen Mirren) and kids -- Charlie, Jerry (Jadrien Steele), April (Hilary Gordon), and Clover (Rebecca Gordon) -- to the rain forests of Central America, ... Full Synopsis
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Sheila Benson, LOS ANGELES TIMES
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] Full Review
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49
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 12 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Harrison Ford
Allie Fox
Helen Mirren
Mother
River Phoenix
Charlie
Jadrien Steele
Jerry
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Harrison Ford: We tittered, just a bit, when Harrison Ford had his chest hair waxed to protest...
Harrison Ford: We tittered, just a bit, when Harrison Ford had his chest hair waxed to protest...
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