Welcome to Mooseport

Name: Welcome to Mooseport
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: February 20, 2004
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Gene Hackman, Maura Tierney, Ray Romano

2004

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 20, 2004 | PG-13

Starring: Gene Hackman, Maura Tierney, Ray Romano

Summary: You think you've got competition for your girlfriend? Then, welcome to Mooseport, where the local plumber (Romano) find himself in a race for his girlfriend's affections - and in a race foe the mayor's office - with none other than the charismatic former President of the United States (Hackman). (20th Century Fox)

Director: Donald Petrie

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 110 min

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Kevin Thomas

Gene Hackman, bristling with wit and energy, is at his amusing best in the robust comedy. Read full review

William Arnold

Romano just doesn't have the stuff to bring off a role that requires a Jimmy Stewart or Tom Hanks. He's supposed to be overshadowed by his nemesis, of course, but Hackman chews him up and spits him out so effectively that the movie is glaringly lopsided. Read full review

Mike Clark

David Mamet handled such small-town whimsy better in 2000's "State and Main." Hackman could play his role in his sleep, but Romano IS asleep. Result: Welcome to Mildport, and that's being kind. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Tierney and Hackman contribute most to keeping this life-size and funny. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Hackman makes a plausible ex-president, but his graceful, lived-in performance is just about the only element of Welcome To Mooseport that rings true. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

If it were terrible, you could at least sink your teeth into it; but Welcome to Mooseport is like a biscuit soaked in water, ready to be gummed instead of chewed. Read full review

Shawn Levy

It's a terrible movie, ugly to look at, tediously drawn out, unfunny in every cell and fiber of its being. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 28, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a pretty corny and sentimental movie but it is also mildly amusing. The roles are less than challenging, especially for Ray Romano and Maura Tierney, who's characters are similar to the ones their most famous for ie Ray Romano plays the goofy, bumbling guy next door type, quite similar to Ray Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond, whereas Maura Tierney plays a pretty headstrong and stand-off'ish character in Sally, similar to her character of Abbey Lockhart in ER.
Its quite amusing watching some scnees with the President having to deal with his ex wife Charlotte (played by Christine Baranski), who makes things awkward for him and scenes like one of the President debating against 'Handy' Harold with the two of them playing rock, scissors, stone.
It is pretty sentimental and slushy in parts, with Harold trying to win back Sally and her trying to show him that things have changed etc. though it is still pretty enjoyable never the less and though it hardly breaks any new ground, you should find yourself chuckling at some points in the movie, which makes it worth watching if it comes on TV at some point, though I wouldn't say that its worth spending all that much on the DVD. Its basically an average to pretty decent all round inoffensive, light hearted family movie, that isn't really anything all that new but isn't entirely fall right asleep boring either.
If you like Ray Romano in Everybody Loves Raymond, then you should enjoy this. I also thought that it was quite funny to see Gene Hackman play such a comedic role, as before I only knew of him from action movies, so this seems to be something a little different for him but I feel he did quite well at playing the President, who comes off as a light hearted and jolly sort of a guy. There are points in the movie where either him or his aides suggest doing things that are less than fair or wholesome and when this happens, another character is quite shocked and tries to dissaude him and its there that the political aspect comes into play I suppose, to highlight some elements of corruption present in politics.

If you can stand the sentimentality and dont mind seeing Ray and Maura play somewhat similar characters, then you should get some light laughs from this. Its nothing much to write home about per se but the story is enough to keep you pretty interested to watch through to the end, it could be categorised as generally light comedy fluff but as that, its pretty good.… Expand

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TheQuietGamer

May 21, 2013

A painfully unfunny movie. I was honestly just sitting there bored throughout the entire movie. I thought this would be a funny movie because it had Ray Romano in it and I loved his sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, but unfortunately I found myself not caring about a single thing in thisA painfully unfunny movie. I was honestly just sitting there bored throughout the entire movie. I thought this would be a funny movie because it had Ray Romano in it and I loved his sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, but unfortunately I found myself not caring about a single thing in this movie. The acting is crappy and the plot is predictable and void of any laughs. You might get a few chuckles in, but that'll probably be over how stupid it all is. Avoid this movie.… Expand

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RobS

Apr 6, 2006

Let's be honest, there's not a funny bone in Ray Romano's body. Never has since I first saw the guy, but then again Kenny-G has a carreer too.

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