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Sugar Mountain

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Drew Roy

Haley Webb

Shane Coffey

Melora Walters

Anna Hutchison

Crawford Wilson

John Karna

Nick Farnell

Steve Mouzakis

Patrick Sane

Cary Elwes

Jason Momoa

Ron Holmstrom

Tyler Rothmann

Sarah Tidwell

Ernacio Moonin

Maximus Antonio Moonin

Hank West

Linnea Hollingsworth

Yulia Klass

Rolf Bardarson

Maggie Jane Vin Zant

Dorene Lorenz

Jeanie Greene

Bobby Campo

Sebastian Gregory

Nancy Nayor

Andy Henry

Vicki Hales-Daly

Ali Matilla

Alies Sluiter

Christopher Kroll

Max Miller

John Garrett

Melanie Camp

Mike Gillespie

Kaine Harling

William MacMillan

Tom Marks

T. Patman-Thomas

Scott Pioro

Mark Sachen

Darcy Wedd

Kimberly Garrett

Debby Wolak

Edward Wolak

Steve Ponce

Michele Davis-Gray

Richard Gray

Jamie Houge

Virginia Kay

Abe Pogos

Catherine Hill

Aaron Bailey

Kim Barnard

George Burton Goen II

Fausto Carosella

Jameson Neuhoff

Amit Sahasrabudhe

Ashley Foster

Brian Roedel

David Bush

Christopher Geukens

Logan Turner

Jule Fontana

Ross Coscia

Justin Browne

Kevin Miller

Joshua Atkin

Francisco Sonic Kim

Mitchell Ebert

James Eck Rippie

Erin E. Fitzgerald

Adeline Goen

Don Hale

Paige Basham

Tess Weaver

Erin Lemas

Branden Elde

Hailey Authement

Kelly Claypoole

Kevin Coke

Donald Shultz

Parker Woods

Nathan Lane

Kalani Woodlock

Jason Rodriguez

Jonathan Arthur

Kimberly Lilley Dashnaw

Matt Unterberger

Jongunnar Gylfason

Corinne Bogdanowicz

Amit Davé

Brad Strickman

Nick Schneider

Craig Crawford

Jason Gaya

Kyle Azrt

Trevor Gates

Scott Neff

Joshua Adeniji

Derek McGinley

Benjamin James Bradshaw

Vicki O'Reilly Vandegrift

Isaiah Duncan

Tess Fournier

Krishna Desai

Rob Coxford

James MacMillan

***“O, what a tangled web we weave…”***

Two brothers (Drew Roy and Shane Coffey) and a girl (Haley Webb) in Alaska concoct a survivalist hoax to make easy money, but things don’t go according to plan. Cary Elwes plays the sheriff, the girl’s father, while Jason Momoa is on hand as an intimidating redneck.   

"Sugar Mountain" (2016) is a drama/thriller in the mold of “A Perfect Plan” (1998), but with the setting & budget of “Into the Grizzly Maze” (2015) and “Hold the Dark” (2018). Some armchair critics have called the plot ridiculous, but it isn’t; it’s very believable. Look no further than Frederick Cook’s fake 1908 conquest of Mount McKinley (now Denali) or the Colorado “balloon boy” hoax in 2009.

If you like any of those above three movies you’ll like this one. The less I say the better. My title blurb tells all.   
 
Anna Hutchison stands out on the female front, although her role is peripheral. Melora Walters is also on hand; you might remember her as George Costanza’s date in the Seinfeld episode “The Hamptons.” She was also the girl in the notorious kitchen scene in “Cold Mountain” (2003).   

The movie runs 1 hour, 46 minutes, and was shot in the Seward, Alaska, region.  

GRADE: B+/A-

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