Escanaba in da Moonlight

2001

Comedy / Fantasy

2
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 2152 2.2K

sports

Plot summary

On the eve of deer-hunting season in Michigan, a family of hunters contends with the shame of their eldest son never having shot his own buck.

Director

Jeff Daniels Photo
Jeff Daniels

Top cast

Jeff Daniels Photo
Jeff Daniels as Rueben Soady
Harve Presnell Photo
Harve Presnell as Albert Soady
Kimberly Guerrero Photo
Kimberly Guerrero as Wolf Moon Dance Soady
Wayne David Parker Photo
Wayne David Parker as Jimmer Negamanee
720p.WEB
861.28 MB
1120*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
30 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CaptainSick 6 / 10

Who's Laughing Now?

Consistent, steady, not too long. The comedic timing is excellent up to the 30 minute mark, just loses laugh factor a bit as the climax gets going. Right as I was getting bored of the plot struggle the movie ended, not too suddenly though. If You are a fan of the original Evil Dead movies you might get a kick out of the stylistic choices used for the supernatural elements of this film that seem to take reference from another spooky Michigan cabin in woods.
Reviewed by scumgrief 7 / 10

A pretty cool movie

Living in Escanaba, it's been impossible to avoid all of the excitement involved with this movie. It was awesome having Jeff Daniels and his crew be in our area for those couple months of shooting. And my wife and I even appear in one of the scenes! (as extras) So finally seeing the movie was quite a treat.Of course I enjoyed the movie because of being so close to the production, but besides that, this movie was really funny! Besides the way it made fun of us yoopers(eh), it had a lot of "Dumb and Dumber" type humor in it. I can honestly say, that I have never laughed harder then I did in the "farting" scene. You have to see it to believe how hilarious it it. Yes, the whole UFO/Bearwalk thing was kinda stupid, but the humor more than makes up for it.This movie deserved a national release! I hope it gets one...
Reviewed by questl-18592 7 / 10

Buck Fever

Holy cow, if ever there was a back to back feature that'd have you talking with an accent it's following up Fargo with Escanaba in da Moonlight. That aside, as a Michigander especially, I found this movie a wonderfully charming, hilariously satirical romp about northerners and their hunting obsession. Again, big part of this might be that I've known a number of people like this in my life, those that live for that big buck hunt.Absolutely charming and delightful, worth a watch for most I'd say but a definite must for any northern folk looking to laugh at some ridiculous behavior they're likely all too familiar with.
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