Welcome To Mooseport (2004)
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13% of critics liked it
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23% of users liked it
(19,948 ratings)
Hollywood filmmaker Donald Petrie directs the comedy Welcome to Mooseport. Gene Hackman stars as former U.S. President Monroe "The Eagle" Cole. He's retired to the small New England town of Mooseport, ME, in order to write his memoirs and relax. The retirement is put on hold, however,… More Hollywood filmmaker Donald Petrie directs the comedy Welcome to Mooseport. Gene Hackman stars as former U.S. President Monroe "The Eagle" Cole. He's retired to the small New England town of Mooseport, ME, in order to write his memoirs and relax. The retirement is put on hold, however, when he's persuaded to run for mayor of the town. Meanwhile, local hardware store owner and plumber Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) is just the sort of plaid-shirted everyman to run against him. Cole seems a sure win in the race, especially with his loyal personal assistants (Marcia Gay Harden and Fred Savage) aiding his every move. The competition gets even more severe when Handy's sweetheart Sally (Maura Tierney) comes between the two men. Welcome to Mooseport also stars Christine Baranski and Rip Torn. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Donald Petrie
- Written By
- Tom Schulman
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Feb 20, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Rex Reed, New York Observer
It's a snooze on every level.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Devoid of wit and point.
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Means to satirize the TV-fueled carnivalesque nature of American electoral politics but only demonstrates the TV-fueled debasement of American commercial comedy.
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
[Mooseport is] like the pound cake of movies -- nice and safe and sweet, but not really worth recommending.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Pretty skimpy on fun.
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Cast
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Gene Hackman
as Monroe Cole
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Ray Romano
as Handy Harrison
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Marcia Gay Harden
as Grace Sutherland
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Maura Tierney
as Sally Mannis
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Christine Baranski
as Charlotte Cole
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Fred Savage
as Bullard
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Rip Torn
as Langdon Bert
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June Squibb
as Irma
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Wayne Robson
as Morris Gutman
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John Rothman
as Stu
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Karl Pruner
as Dyer
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Edward Herrmann
as Debate Moderator
