Escanaba in da Moonlight

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Escanaba in da Moonlight

PG-13

2001

1h 40m

Comedy

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A family of hunters in Michigan deals with the eldest son (Jeff Daniels) who has never shot his own deer.

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

01/24/2018

Its repellent collection of yokels and its obsession with urine and flatulence make it less a cinematic valentine to the Upper Midwest than a giant clump of feces hurled in its direction.

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Brenda Benthien

Variety

01/24/2018

Escanaba, as directed by Guy Sanville, proceeds at a fast clip, with all acting excellent (as usual at the Purple Rose).

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Lorilee Craker

MLive.com

01/24/2018

3.5/4

Stamp is so funny as the dim bulb brother Remnar, and Cain's Reuben is hapless in a deer blind but wants a buck so badly you can truly relate to him and his quest.

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Emanuel Levy

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08/11/2005

2/5

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

06/09/2002

The performances are zesty and consistently enjoyable, with everyone having a high old time speaking in an accent as thick and heavy as a slab of Mackinac Island fudge.

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Tayler L.

@TaylerL Nov 23

1 star is being generous. Poorly executed on all levels.

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Landon H

@RT82276197 Sep 21

I think that this film has been lost by those who need to see it most. This is my favorite cult classic and has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

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James S

@RT87009271 Jul 26

Loved it I watched it as a kid and it's as good as I remember super funny and just good overall

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David F

@dfulmer 12/14/2024

This is a funny, goofy, paean to Michigan hunting season and the Midwest. It’s great.

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B W

@RT69254790 11/25/2024

My dad used to rent the worst movies. So when he popped this in as my friends and I were on our way out to meet some girls, and we were literally stopped in our tracks hand on the doorknob with laughter, I knew it was something special. Years later I showed it to my wife and it became the one movie we would both quote while cackling with glee. It seemed like every year we'd show it to someone, just to see if they thought it as funny as we did, to see if we could be friends or not. She passed away this October after a 7 year battle with cancer. She could split wood.

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12/27/2019

You had me at "my Chevy shook a shit"! This movie has a plot only a mother could love, but that's what makes it good. Usually when the masses love a movie, it's plot is fairly innocuous and predictable; boring to me. What a simple, entertaining, movie. Love it!

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Synopsis

A family of hunters in Michigan deals with the eldest son (Jeff Daniels) who has never shot his own deer.

Director: Jeff Daniels
Producer: Jeff Daniels, Tom Spiroff
Screenwriter: Jeff Daniels
Distributor: Purple Rose Films, Monarch Home Video, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Purple Rose Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Crude Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2001, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Surround

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