Review of Welcome to Mooseport (2004) by Tyler M — 21 Dec 2007

Great cast, bad movie.

A great cast! I love the three main characters here...I just don't love the movie...

The Story: A former president of the United States moves to the little town of Mooseport, runs for mayor, and tries to steal the girlfriend of a local plumber...Oh, and the local plumber is also running for mayor...It's told in a semi-humorous fashion, the jokes are there, but the laughs aren't...The cast is there, but great acting isn't...The movie is there, but the viewers shouldn't be...There's not really much more to the story, when you break it down it's only the same stuff you've seen before, two guys want the same girl, and so they fight in a fairly childish manner...It's a premise that works when you have the writing and the cast, and there's other movies that prove it.

The Cast: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Maura Tierney...This is a cast of hit or miss actors...3 hit actors and a supporting cast of miss actors. Gene Hackman is great! Great in other movies, same with Ray Romano, and Maura Tierney. There's other things that these actors all do better, Gene Hackman in Runaway Jury or The Royal Tenenbaums, Ray Romano in Everybody Loves Raymond or even Eulogy, and Maura Tierney in News Radio or ER. I didn't feel anything for any of the characters and ultimately didn't really even care who won or lost the election. The acting is better than the writing, but not by much.

One to Five Scale: 2.

I was bored throughout most of it. I wanted this to be great, I really really did, I was all excited to watch this because I'm a fan of the cast...The problem here, is that the movie just failed to engage me, and failed to make me laugh...If you want a movie with the same premise go get Rushmore, it's got better everything...

Tyler.