The Mosquito Coast

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Season 1
  • Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 30, 2021
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
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  1. Shonna
    May 7, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is based on watching 2 episodes -- I don't know if I'll watch more. The acting is fine, but the writing is giving me pause. The scene in the desert was silly -- (spoiler) instead of showing how one man killed 3 or 4 guys with assault rifles using a pistol they cut away and came back once the showdown was over. Seems lazy. This on top of what seems to be a lot of filler footage and wordy dialogue at odd times (like, aren't you on the run??? is this really time for a father-daughter heart to heart??) I'm finding it irritating. Before this I was watching "Better Call Saul" which has extraordinary writing so maybe it's not fair to compare but overall I'm finding "The Mosquito Coast" to be mediocre at best.… Expand

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#93 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 23
  3. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: Ian Freer
    Sep 20, 2021
    60
    A charismatic Justin Theroux, some interesting ideas and great visuals are let down by tired drug-cartel malarkey and strange screenwriting choices. But perhaps the most baffling decision is to take on an adaptation and depart so wilfully from the source material. Stick with Peter Weir’s 1986 version.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Apr 30, 2021
    60
    If you know where this story is eventually going to end up, geographically as well as emotionally, it can seem as if the writers are unnecessarily running out the clock in order to get the next binge-tailored ending to land at the 55-minute mark. But there’s enough going at the level of performance and characterization that you rarely feel as if a given scene is devoid of purpose.
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  3. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Apr 30, 2021
    80
    A fine lead performance from Justin Theroux, in addition to a story that’s been rejiggered just enough to make it more modern than its source material gives this new version of The Mosquito Coast a real chance to be the next talked-about series.
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