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08/01/08
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:15
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A brilliant and obsessive inventor, fed up with capitalistic and consumeristic modern society, picks up and moves his family to an isolated Caribbean island, where he puts his ideas into practice.... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Conrad Roberts
Director: Peter Weir
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02/09/06
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09/27/05
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07/04/05
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01/19/05
A stretch for Ford, but worth it. Unique and fascinating character study.
10/16/04
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08/30/04
Top CriticExamines the consequences of a father's egotism on his family.
08/26/04
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10/04/03
Meandering film that doesn't really seem to know where it's going or what it is.
08/27/03
No review available.
08/22/03
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08/10/03
It's a testament to Ford's talent that we actually care what happens to him, because in a lesser actor's hands, we'd be hoping that some cannibalistic natives would eat him.
08/01/03
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06/10/03
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03/10/03
It's easy to forget how well Harrison Ford can play an unlikable character.
11/01/02
Harrison Ford gives one of his best performances in this underrated film.
09/27/02
No review available.
08/10/02
Weird and smoothly engaging. Harrison Ford does some great (non-hero) work here.
07/26/02
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