The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

He never bargained for what he found.

PG 1986 · 119 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, Adventure

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

Directed by Peter Weir · Written by Paul Schrader

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