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Summary: Escanaba in Da' Moonlight
Review: This hilarious movie really sums up the U.P. Jeff Daniel's portrayl of the infamous "Yooper" is right on. I just love it as well as the Upper Penninsula.
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Summary: Humourously Hallucinogenic Haunted Hunting in Da UP
Review: Well. Ja, allrighty den. Jeff Daniels wrote da book and dis screenplay and starred and directed it all too! Daniels (Terms of Endearment, etc. etc.) stars as buckless 43 yr old Yooper (resident of the UP - Michigan's Upper Peninsula,) Reuben Soady. Harve Presnell (Johnny Brown, husband of the Unsinkable Molly) is excellently cast as his father and reigning Soady family patriach. Joey Albright, as brother Remnar Soady, gets a little too wrapped up in the Yooper (Scandinavian-American descendant) dialect. The DNR guy is a hoot and is true to life - er, at least the life some of us ascribe to dem guys!File dis film den in whatever da category is for da opposite of a Chic flick. It's a Man Thing, glorifying flatulence and definitely not for humourless PETA or MENSA members. If ya belong to one of dem clubs and *do* have a sense of humor, den ya might like dis. And if ya live up here in our neck of da woods, you either are a Soady, or, love em or hate em, you know a buncha guys just like em. Reviewed by TundraVision
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Summary: Escanaba in da Moonlight
Review: I've been to the UP before and it was great. I've also been to deer camp in Oregon and it's just as crazy there. Its great that someone finally made a flick about it. But there are alot of great stories that will never be told. This flick only scratches the surface of the humor in deer camp, where, Men can let loose for a short time and only dream about next year. I would rate it with 10+ stars if I could. It is a side splitting comedy from the start to the end. If you don't get it find someone to go to deer camp with. You'll never be the same afterwards. And for the woman from KS all I have to say to you is get a life and enjoy it. Maybe you should go to deer camp oh on second thought DON't you'll ruin it for all the men.
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Summary: Yeah hey pretty juvenile.
Review: But I wasn't expecting epic film-making. It is a laugh out loud little movie. If your from the UP, & you're offended, sorry. It is funny. It is a bit of an insider though. People from LA or New York probably won't get it. The further you get from the UP the less relevant it becomes. If you live in Minnesota, Wisconsin or Michigan you know someone like the Soadys.
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Summary: This Movie Is An Insult
Review: ...to the intelligence of the viewer. As a former UP resident I was excited to check out this movie. Unfortunately it is nothing more than one long inside joke. Think of it as a very long Da Yoopers video, and we know how tiresome their schtick quickly becomes
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Summary: HYSTERICAL!
Review: I'm 14 years old and I think This movie is HYSTERICALy funny. Me and my family sat down and watched this a week before hunting season and we were crying because it was so funny. So me and my dad brought this movie up to deer camp with us and we sat down with a load of other people and watched it, we had to stop the movie so many times. One time it got so bad someone Peed their pants. I have literally watched this DVD probably 25 times because i love, o my bad 26 i watched it today to. This jimmer guy is hilarious his chevy broke down he gets out it cathces on fire turns on and starts chasing him. Iam a hunter and if your not a hunter it doesnt matter this movie is a must see for everyone not just us "Michiganders". But if you are from Michigan you might find it more appealing especially me since I HUNT a few miles north of Escanaba. People at our deer camp like this movie so much one guy bought 6 copies and gave them away as christmas gifts.
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Summary: Fun and Merriment, but almost perfect....
Review: ....is what I would describe Escanaba in Da Moonlight. Being that I am only a few hundred miles or so from the 'Fudgesucker' borderline that is the Mackinaw Bridge and a hunter myself, I can relate to some of the mischief and mayhem exhibited in this Jeff Daniels play-turned-movie. Now when I say some, don't take it either way of it's not true or it is true, but as a sign that the movie was, indeed, adapted from a play and it shows itself too much as that towards the end. However, don't let that deter you from witnessing some funny stuff that's so out there you wonder why we hunters make animal lovers a bit nervous. Jeff Daniels, a native Michigander, did well in bringing to life and in detail elements needed to make it authentic; sometimes too much so to the point of unreal. Much of what happens in the Deer Camp, the central scene that lasts throughout much of the movie, is like any cabin in the woods, only needing a car battery to keep the power up. To top it off they even had a Two-Holer outhouse; two toliets! Any hunter will tell you that's essentially in group hunts. I found the history that is relayed in the story about the successful kills and the humorous circumstances behind them to give added depth and sometimes emotion. Yes, it's true: sometimes a man in the Upper is defined by his Big Buck. The part about the U.F.O.'s is hillarious but gets old fast, and towards the end you do feel as if you sat through a play and not a movie, which sometimes plays drag too long. There's some moments in the end, which I won't reveal, that will leave you down a bit, perhaps too down when the end is finally reached. Again, though, I did find this movie very funny and warm even if it isn't entirely accurate. Let's just say Jeff Daniels got it 80 percent right; high enough to draw the hunters out of the woods to go buy a DVD and enjoy the movie. As for the DVD itself: not much to it, but that's the DVD's selling point: the movie, not the extras or lack thereof. I think some movie studios are too insecure about the movies they make and pack it with stuff; rightfully so. This hasn't got flash, but it does have substance.
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Summary: Laugh till you cry.
Review: If you know what a "yooper" is from Michigans U.P. You will definately get the humor. I laughed almost all the way through the whole movie.
Definately a must watch, even if you are not from Michigan.
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Summary: Fantastic Hunting Humor!!!
Review: This movie was one of the funniest movies I have ever come across. I myself am a hunter, a female one at that, and I have seen some funny things when it comes to hunting with a bunch of friends and family. I am also a Native American, and I am sure that there is a spirit that can either mess with your mind or help you "Bag da big bucks"!! The cast portrayed their characters with a reality that is hard to find,(da Jimmer especially)!! Everyone knows someone that fits one, if not all, the characters in this kooky comedy from the "Upper U.P."!! I have been telling everyone I know to watch this side-splitting movie.
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Summary: Stinks - Worst Movie I've Ever Seen
Review: As a former resident of Escanaba I was awaiting the movie-what a disappointment-it really can be summed up in a few words-it literally stinks. The people of Esky should be ready to run Jeff Daniels out of town.To me when one is called a Yooper it is the same as being a red-neck and an insult to one's intelligence and culture. We are not as he portrays and I feel sorry for anyone who even thinks this is funny. Maybe they are the true Yoopers- and they deserve the name. I for one will not recommend this to anyone-not even as a joke. We DO NOT drink porcupine pee and fart on eachother's heads. Maybe they do.
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