Daily Times Kids ask the darndest questions of course
April 30, 2021 In the new fugitive thriller series The Mosquito Coast, Justin Theroux stars as Allie Fox, an off-the-grid handyman who forbids his family from using phones, screens or anything that can ping Google Maps.
Allie and his wife Margot are in hiding, though from who and why is never clear; not even to their two homeschooled teen children Dina and Charlie
Kids ask the darndest questions of course. Why can’t they have phones and socialize with others? Why can’t they see their grandparents? Why are they being uprooted from their Stockton, California, home while being chased by two NSA agents, entire police units and the Mexican cartel? Over seven episodes, Allie and Margot evade cops, criminals, wifi signals and their children’s inquiries, refusing to explain what they did to become America’s most wanted. These parents will trust their kids to break them out of police custody, but won’t fill them in on why
Rolling Stone Menu Justin Theroux’s Great Escape
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By Justin Theroux, photographed in Brooklyn in March. Photograph by Dana Scruggs for Rolling Stone. Grooming by Kumi Craig at the Wall Group. Hair by DJ Quintero at the Wall Group. Styling by Chloe J. Hartstein at the Wall Group.
“Oh man, this . . . I’m so sorry, but this is fucking
crazy. It’s just … It’s
so compelling.”
Justin Theroux is halfway through answering a question about the price of fame before he raises his eyebrows, and, as surreptitiously as humanly possible, turns his head to glance at the person behind us. We’re sitting outside a Sullivan Street cafe within spitting distance of the 49-year-old writer-actor’s apartment, on what feels like the first real spring day New York has had in eons. He’s wearing his “uniform,” a signature Theroux-chic
Kids ask the darndest questions of course. Why canât they have phones and socialize with others? Why canât they see their grandparents? Why are they being uprooted from their Stockton, California, home while being chased by two NSA agents (Kimberly Elise and James LeGros), entire police units and the Mexican cartel? Over seven episodes, Allie and Margot evade cops, criminals, wifi signals and their childrenâs inquiries, refusing to explain what they did to become Americaâs most wanted. These parents will trust their kids to break them out of police custody, but wonât fill them in on why they need to be broken out.