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Name: The Mosquito Coast
Released: 1986-11-26
Cast: Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Helen Mirren, Conrad Roberts, Martha Plimpton

The Mosquito Coast

PG
1h 59m
1986

76%

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Embittered by the blighted landscape of the contemporary United States, inventor Allie Fox (Harrison Ford) moves his wife and kids to the rain forest of Central America, where he plans to create a new civilization starting with his own nuclear family. Although they compliantly go along with Allie's scheme to build a free society, the other Foxes notice that Allie's single-minded obsession and driving egomania have turned him into a tyrannical fascist who demands total subservience from his broken brood.

Director:

Peter Weir

Producer:

Jerome Hellman, Jerome Hellman

Writer:

Paul Schrader

Cast:

Harrison Ford, River Phoenix, Helen Mirren, Conrad Roberts, Martha Plimpton, Andre Gregory, Dick O'Neill

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

76%

Critics Consensus: Harrison Ford capably tackles a tough, unlikable role, producing a fascinating and strange character study.

Reviews

Radio Times

John Ferguson

Ford is surprisingly convincing as the outwardly charming control freak, while River Phoenix gives a portrayal beyond his years as his troubled son.

The Mosquito Coast features what could very well be the most unlikable character ever portrayed on screen by Harrison Ford.

July 10, 2023

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New York Magazine/Vulture

David Denby

I'm afraid that this ambitious movie is a complete disaster -- monomaniacal, tiresome, pointless, and, for all its devotion to the great outdoors, surprisingly claustrophobic.

Ford dials up the smarm of Han Solo and the hubris of Indiana Jones...

September 26, 2022

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MetroActive

Richard von Busack

June 21, 2017