escanaba in da moonlight be the first showcasing of jeff daniel write and direct talent . i have see bad debut but this one isn not that great . escanaba in da moonlight start off like a a decent parody of this part of american culture . a we follow rebuen soady ( jeff daniel ) on the eve of deer hunt season 1989. he be get close to the record of old soady to never bag a buck . the film take place in the upper region of michigan and have all the normal cliche character . but there be a warmth there that tell you and this isn not be mean spirit . well and reuben be head off to the soady deer camp and before his wife ( kimberly norris guerrero ) give him a native american necklace and his lucky hat and and two form of liquid you probably do not want to know about . anyway and she be really the only one who believe in him . he finally get to the camp where his dad and albery soady ( harve presnell ) be wait and his brother remnar ( joey albright ) be soon to show . okay and let fast forward this . in here there be some laugh and a few moment when i chuckle a loud . but most of the joke here be use a few to many time . but the big draw back be the spiritual or native american happening . just when you settle in with the character these strange thing occur . but the special effect be so cheap all it be and be a big flash of light and then head quickly bob back in forth . and the end and well it be worthless . the move itself wasn not bad and the quirky character and and fun parody be good . but it should have stay at that . instead of have stupid spiritual awakening that look like reject scene from some demon possession movie . i give escanaba in da moonlight a 4 . 5 out of 10 .