We are told repeatedly that he was one of the most popular Presidents in recent history with an approval rating of 85%. Its premise involves the President of the United States (Gene Hackman) moving to the small town of Mooseport, Maine immediately after leaving office.
Even the humor, what there is of it, is too tame and sitcom-like to enable you to truly enjoy this movie. The setup is too ridiculous and outrageous without being absurd enough to make up for it. In the case of Welcome to Mooseport the filmmakers are asking for too much acceptance. There's always a certain amount of suspension of disbelief involved in watching any movie, no matter how realistic it tries to be, but so long as you are able to comfortably accept the situation presented to you onscreen then the movie has a chance. Gene Hackman and Ray Romano in Welcome to Mooseport.įor a movie to work you have to be able to buy into the plot.
