The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

He went too far.

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

11/26/1986

Runtime

119 mins

Overview

Allie Fox, an American inventor exhausted by the perceived danger and degradation of modern society, decides to escape with his wife and children to Belize. In the jungle, he tries with mad determination to create a utopian community with disastrous results.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$14,302,779

Homepage

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A man's utopian dream curdles into tyranny as he drags his family deeper into a jungle hell of his own making, exposing the violence lurking beneath the fantasy of escape.

Mood

DefiantBleakClaustrophobicParanoid

Themes

FamilyObsessionPowerIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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