Escanaba in da Moonlight

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"It's like Christmas with guns," is how one happy member of the Soady family describes the opening day of hunting season. Rueben Soady (Jeff Daniels) is on the verge of becoming the oldest member of the entire line of Soady men to have never shot a buck. To change his luck, Rueben tries to convince his father and brother to change some of the time-honored rituals of their annual hunting pilgrimage, but this seems to set off a series of uncanny incidents involving UFOs, cards, backwoods whiskey, flatulence, and possession by native spirits. Escanaba in da Moonlight is a comic homage to hunting in upstate Michigan, written and directed by star Daniels. It's not for everyone--vegetarians, among others, will find its blithe celebration of deer hunting repugnant--but venison eaters may find Escanaba's offbeat Midwest humor entertaining. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:

Would like to see a Escanabe Two.........2007-08-28

I really enjoyed this movie. I even enjoyed Jeff Daniels "Possesion" scene, however, the choice of background music was probably a mistake. It was definately out of place. When I watch it now I fast forward through that part because the music is distractive. The passing gas scene was extremely funny, however, the buck shot behind the "Two-Holler" was absolutely hilarious! I almost broke the rewind button on that one. His (Jeff's) native american wife is very attractive. If that's his real wife he's a lucky man. This movie has already made it to my hunt camp and I would like to see more like it. Escanabe Two maybe?

Super.......2007-08-26

I live in Tx and have for 35 years, but I was born in Escanaba and raised in Gladstone. Loved the film and so did my kids. Once a Upper always a Upper.

The Mystique of Northwoods Hunting.......2007-07-17

Originally, a friend of mine from "out east" sent me a used copy of this to make fun of the annual hunting rituals in the Great Northwoods. Instead, what I see is a great example of the importance placed on hunting as a rite of manhood (or womanhood) up here. Where else do you drive 20 miles with a truckload of beer, food, beer, ammo, beer, blaze orange, beer, and camo to spend a week with your fellow unwashed to find that mythical "turrty-point buck". It's nice to have a good ending for the poor Buckless Yooper, too. To some, this was a crazy and seemingly unreal movie. To us in the Northwoods, it was more like an accounting of one season's events than a fiction from one man's mind. Makes me wish there could be a sequel...

If You Liked This Movie, You're Freaking Nuts.......2007-05-01

I love Jeff Daniels, but this was the most God-awful movie I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot of them. We rented this movie one night thinking it was about hunting and maybe a little funny. We were dead wrong. This was the stupidest and most un-funny movie ever made, and...I'm sorry, I just can't do it justice. Sometimes when you watch a stupid movie, you can think about it later and laugh. Not with this one. I think about it and shudder. I'm a southern boy who likes the woods and likes to hunt and fish, so don't tell me I just didn't get it. There was nothing to get. What REALLY made me want to puke was when I got on here and read the reviews. PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKED IT!!!! I'm sorry but the world is coming to a close folks, if anybody on God's green earth enjoyed that movie. Now I feel better since I got all that out of me. It's been building up and eating away at me for three weeks now. Ya'll have a nice day!

I Peed!.......2007-01-28

I am a female...I have never been to the UP...I have a college education...I have never been to a deer camp or deer hunting. I laughed so hard, I cried. If you like quirky and sorta crude, i.e., "Men With Brooms", "The Red Green Show", or "Best In Show", you should really enjoy this!!

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