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Summary: A Wonderfully Entertaining Film
Review: Hackman is perfect in the role of a newly retired (and divorced) President taking on the job of a small town mayor only to come up against the stereotypical small town honesty (with plenty of naivete thrown in) Romano in full blown "Everybody Loves Raymond" character. Romano has a cherry script as the local plumber who has never done anything negative ever....but just can't seem to make a commitment to his veterinary girlfriend - who should be finaniace....and therein lies the depth of the script.Don't be surprised at the horror, terror, violence fans who don't like this one....this is about good and honest things that some of us actually still believe in. Hackman, Romano, and Tierney all do a great job of providing a really really nice story with a strong dose of decency.....nice to see one like this coming out of Hollywood for a change.
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Summary: Best movie ever - PERIOD
Review: It changed my life, and it made me think. What a film! And the plot is probably the best I saw since "Pearl Harbor".
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Summary: Ray Romano can only play one character
Review: It seems that Romano can only play the character he also plays in his sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and that is sad sometimes. Thank God for Gene Hackman who shows his versatility by playing a retired former President who enters the mayoral race for the town of Mooseport Maine where he lives now after divorcing his wife. In a battle about a girl Romano also enters the race and an epic political battle ensues.
I saw this movie on the airplane and it was fun to watch, but nothing special
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Summary: A fun rental, but I regret buying it even for $10....
Review: Monroe Eagle Cole (Gene Hackman) is a retired two-term President who was the most popular in US history--with approval ratings of 85! Because he lost his house in Baltimore in a divorce that happened while he was in the Oval Office, he's moving to Mooseport and his summer home.
Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) is the town hardware store owner and plumber. What doesn't stick to the ex-Prez seems to be permanently glued to Handy.
Through a series of weird twists, Eagle and Handy end up in a Mayoral race for Mooseport. The movie's full of adolescent gags, throw-away lines, and an unbelievable plot. Still, it was funny, but not worth seeing again.
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Summary: Politics and life in a small town extraordinaire.
Review: Mooseport was a pretty little place. If it hadn't been on a coast, it could have passed for Middlesboro, KY or Pulaski, TN. The inflated balloon eagle on the courthouse lawn was identical to one here on Kingston Pike. Guess those things get around. However, Mooseport did have a real life mascot named Bruce the Moose. It also had some odd characters you might find anywhere; for example, the nude jogger, Harve, could have been seen in Savannah, GA, and the cantankerous old fellow who is hard of hearing is even in Knoxville. The premise of electing a new Mayor for this small town where, incidentally, rules are different, taking place on the anniversary of 240 years of history there, might have worked. However, only the brainstorming session got the most laughs. The rest was pure situation comedy, and since I don't watch those things on t.v. I observed the audience which does. The subtle humor was lost on Knoxville audiences who laugh at crude humor for some reason. A failed ex-president of the U.S. returns to his vacation home to lick his wounds. His ex-wife is a parody of bitter women intent on causing havoc and hitting back at the man who deserted her. His entourage starts a 'whisper campaign' against his naive opponent. They set out to humiliate him. It's not easy to get the best of someone so pure, without blemish. The bad joke they played on him was a little bit funny. It was childish humor and the film showed a caricature of smalltown officials. The debate was 'courtesy personified.' Just as ours was in Knoxville with a woman hoping she would be elected as Mayor of this bigger town and an unpolitical businessman who has the manners of a king. This debate was a disaster; all they ended up doing was agree more than disagree, as there were no issues. The debate turned into a mutual admiration society with the ex-Pres. being a typical politician telling lies. He remarked, 'Once a politician, always a politician.' So true. The Pheasant Run coffee shop where the women involved got drunk was unique. The orange golf balls were a good touch as they chucked them into the ocean. Monroe fell off his pedestal, but we see a fairytale ending with each man getting his girl. This movie proves that actions speak louder than words. It is an innocuous thing except for that old nude fellow who was totally ignored. Poor thing.
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Summary: How did this poor excuse for a movie get made?!?
Review: On Tuesdays me and my friends always rent or buy the new DVD releases that come out. THANK THE LORD we rented this one. I love Gene Hackman, but even ol' Gene couldn't save this one. Definitely one of the worse rentals I have seen this year. I would reccomend you stay away from Mooseport!
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Summary: `Welcome to Mooseport' only kinda, sorta funny
Review: One year removed from the cinematic perversion known as "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," director Donald Petrie presents to the movie-going public a film guaranteed to coochie-coo the funny bone a smidgen. Starring Gene Hackman as Monroe Cole and Ray Romano as Handy Harrison, "Welcome to Mooseport" isn't quite Luis Buñuel or Woody Allen. The film's still a hoot, although it's more barn owl than great horned owl.
The film revolves around the mayoral race pitting the most popular former president, Monroe "Eagle" Cole, and the region's plumbing messiah, Handy "Dandy" Harrison, in a diminutive New England township known fittingly as Mooseport. (The community has a domesticated moose as its mascot.)
The reason for Cole's presence in Mooseport is that the former first lady has robbed him of millions in savings as well as his permanent residence, forcing him to flee to his vacation home. After a cordial reception, the locals urgently suggest Cole run for the position of town mayor.
Considering what this might do to boost his favorability even more with the masses - and to raise a little dough for a library in his honor - Cole accepts. What Cole didn't realize is that a local man named Harrison is also a candidate for the job. The following morning, yelps of "David vs. Goliath!" can be heard emanating from the press.
Because "Eagle" Cole would never retreat after giving his word, he beckons Harrison to withdraw from the race to preserve Mr. President's relationship with the public. There's only one problem: Cole has inadvertently asked Harrison's honey of six years out on a date. As it turns out, Harrison's veterinarian girlfriend is fed up with his failure to mouth the matrimonial question. The dash for mayor of Mooseport is on.
Like two bruising heavyweight boxers, Cole and Harrison exchange jabs, throw lunging overhand crosses and fling flurries of lead uppercuts at one another. Indeed, there is more ferocity involved in this scuffle than in Ali-Frazier, Balboa-Creed and Norton Jr.-Goalpost combined.
Then things get really interesting. A bald eagle with a headband reading "bourgeois" swoops down from the suddenly stormy sky and pecks Cole on the head. This being after Cole, dressed like a rabbi, has just discovered a pair of deceased moose in his bed.
Shortly thereafter, a bespectacled Harrison can be found confessing all of his neurotic viewpoints about romance, sex, politics and religion directly into the camera. Jesus, what in the hell am I talking about? I have really got to cut down on A) the B-horror-movie genre and B) the asbestos inhaler this one dude sold me.
Anyway, begging the reader to dismiss the two preceding paragraphs, "Welcome to Mooseport" is comical mediocrity at its best. Wait, does that even make any damn sense? Let me rephrase that. Climb aboard "Welcome to Mooseport" - you won't regret it. Goodness, gracious, now I sound like a representative for Royal Caribbean cruise lines. Oh, for heaven's sake, I quit.
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Summary: Everybody Still Love Raymond?
Review: Over the past forty years, so many movies come out that borrow liberally or steal from better films before it. Welcome to Mooseport is no exception, but that isn't it's biggest issue. Rather, it suffers from cramming several mediocre subplots that make the simple comedy unnecessarily complex. As the story goes, Former President Monroe 'Eagle' Cole settles in to the small hamlet of Mooseport Maine where he is asked to consider stepping in for the deceased mayor. In the meantime, town plumber and hardware store owner Handy Harrison has also stepped up to fill the position, unaware of the former President's commitment. Initially, both are willing to bow out gracefully, but when the former President makes moves on Handy's girl, the testosterone bubbles and the war begins. It is a simple premise that works well, especially in the hands of Gene Hackman as the former commander in Chief. Ray Romano has a harder time separating the role from his television Raymond Barone. Actually, I felt the role might have been better suited for an unknown. Still, all of that results in a standard films entertainment. But the film meanders. Quirky small town Characters are introduced and crazy plot items open up galore and then they are dropped like moose droppings. And some that are followed through would be better off left out. A solitary dream sequence where the President goes psycho resulted in zero laughs in the showing I attended. And a recurring visit to the architect making cuts to the Presidential library only crowded the storytelling that would have been better served with efficiency. Overall, the 2 hours is inoffensive, but you have seen it all before. That is if Groundhog Day, Roxanne and Dave are in your recent memory. And the main characters arc is lifted quite generously from the film TIN CUP. Still, that doesn't anger everybody. If you're looking for some light entertainment, check out Mooseport, but maybe wait for a DVD release.
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Summary: Worth Seeing!
Review: Ray Ramano goes from the small screen to the big screen in his new political comedy "Welcome to Mooseport." It also stars Gene Hackman, and it was a very funny movie, but it also had scenes that tried to be funny, but were not. I was a little disappointed, because I was expecting more from the team of Ramano and Hackmen, but I was satisfied in the longrun. The film stars Ramano as Handy Harrison. Handy lives in Mooseport, Maine, where it is small enough for everybody to know everybody else. Handy, the local plumber, has been going out with the local vet Sally for over sixy ears, but never asked her to marry him, something that she has been waiting for him to do for a long time. Then the former president of the United States come to his summer home in Mooseport. Monroe "The Eagle" Cole has been losing much after his divorce from the former First Lady Charlotte Cole. The mayor of Mooseport dies, and just as Monroe is ready to relax in Mooseport, the town asks him to run for the mayor. He gives his word that he would do it, but his assitent Grace, does not think that it is a good idea. Monroe finds out that Handy is already in the race for the mayor, and he decides to let Monroe take the position. That is untill Monroe asks Sally out to dinner, not knowing that she is already going out with Handy. Handy decides to re-enter the race as a chance to win Sally back and become the mayor of Mooseport. Monroe hires his former campaign mananger Bert Langdon, and Handy has help from his friends, untill the final day of the election. "Welcome to Mooseport" is a comedy from Donald Petire, who directed "Mystic Pizza" and "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days." This was a good choice for him, because I feel that it is his kind of movie. "Welcome to Mooseport" was not as good as I expected it to be, but I enjoyed it enough to recommend it. Gene Hackman is in anothor comedy role after "The Royal Tenenbaums" and the comedian Romano is always funny, like he is on his television show. This was the perfect role for him. "Welcome to Mooseport" is worth the theatre ticket, and its only problem is that some of the scenes didn't work. Four stars. ENJOY! Rated PG-13 for some brief sexual comments and nudity.
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Summary: without gene hackman, this movie would suck big time.
Review: ray romano is the typical sample that guys who should not be in the movie business could become a hot commodity nowadays. the quality of his voice is so bad, his facial structure is so plain albeit likable, there's nothing worth watching in the least of this guy. the totally ridiculous so-called comedy is holden together and only barely watchable is by the presence of gene hackman. the plot, the scenario, the storyline, the dialogue, all were so ridiculous and sucked big time. a comedy's fatal mistake is making a clown/jerk-like person became the voice of the city, that disgusting yellow sports jacket guy, the city manager? can you imagine such a person with chicken-like voice would become one of the heavy weights of the city? give me a break! why always put a jerk in those movies by the most serious actor ever lived? think about those films played by bruce lee. there's always a jerk, a clown-like person in almost every one of his life or death fighting movie. put one more clown in a lousy comedy only made it more pathetic and worthless.
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