The Mosquito Coast 8/10
An arrogant, know-it-all inventor (Harrison Ford) with a desire to get away from the "American way of life" decides to uproot his family and start a new community in the South American jungle, whereupon his arrogance turns to tyranny and then madness, which eventually leads to his ruin.
I found it captivating to watch and Ford makes a thoroughly unlikeable individual watchable; Helen Mirren as "mother" is given very little to do.
A good film for those looking for a story, rather than action or suspense.
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