Review of The Mosquito Coast (1986) by Asaf B — 15 Sep 2007
This is not a film for everyone. It's sprawling and dense, never fully escaping its literary origins.
Harrison Ford gives a career-best performance as the iconoclastic inventor, raging against the American machine while obsessively creating his own. More; he sees life in his inventions, but fails to relate to the life around him, deciding to uproot his family from their idyllic home to a remote island to pursue his utopian ideal.
Schrader, dealing with similar themes to Taxi Driver, is on fine form - his script soars when attacking consumerist culture. Weir's photography, as always, is gorgeous; finding beauty in the frame even when the protagonist's God-complex leads to a living hell.
This review of The Mosquito Coast (1986) was written by Asaf B on 15 Sep 2007.
The Mosquito Coast has generally received positive reviews.
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