An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
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- TriviaWhile building the town set in Belize, the crew unearthed an ancient Mayan temple. It notified the Belize government, which declared the site an important historical find.
- GoofsAt the end of the movie, as the family is going down the river to the ocean, a far shot of their houseboat shows a propeller wake, as if their outboard motor was running. They are drifting downriver.
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Emily Spellgood: [to Charlie] I think about you when I go to the bathroom.
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Words and Music by Gary Johnson
Performed by Grace Gospel Primary School Choir
Featured review
A mad scientist at the end of his rope
Harrison Ford is often described as a movie star rather than an actor, but "The Mosquito Coast" easily disproves that (actually, so does "Blade Runner", but I digress). It's a fevered performance on which the whole film rests. Easily worth a watch.
But it also demands a lot from the audience. For one, there's an undercurrent of dread that's there right from the start and it's hard to watch Ford's mercurial character drag his family to the far ends of the jungle essentially to reboot civilization (a myopic one, at that). All I could think of was my family in that situation (hell, no).
I'm not going to lie, this is a hard movie, rife with misfortune; on occasions shocking, infuriating and exhausting. But I was glued to my seat until the very end, primarily because of Ford's deteriorating mental state. That's a house of horrors unto itself. This is a well-directed movie but man if it's not wearing.
But it also demands a lot from the audience. For one, there's an undercurrent of dread that's there right from the start and it's hard to watch Ford's mercurial character drag his family to the far ends of the jungle essentially to reboot civilization (a myopic one, at that). All I could think of was my family in that situation (hell, no).
I'm not going to lie, this is a hard movie, rife with misfortune; on occasions shocking, infuriating and exhausting. But I was glued to my seat until the very end, primarily because of Ford's deteriorating mental state. That's a house of horrors unto itself. This is a well-directed movie but man if it's not wearing.
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,302,779
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $110,313
- Nov 30, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $14,302,779
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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