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06/24/06
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
31 %
Reviews Counted: 124 Fresh: 38 Rotten:86 Average Rating: 4.8/10
Consensus:
Hit-and-miss family fare that bares only the slightest resemblance to Verne's novel.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: In this raucous Disney adaptation of Jules Verne's classic adventure novel AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, Steve Coogan plays Phileas Fogg, a quirky inventor at the turn of the 20th century. After suffering rejection by England's Royal Academy of Science, Fogg strives to prove his scientific... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Cecile de France, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: Frank Coraci
Screenwriter: David Titcher, David Benullo, David M. Goldstein
Composer: Trevor Jones
Screenwriter: David Titcher, David Benullo, David M. Goldstein
Composer: Trevor Jones
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Director Frank Coraci plays fast and loose with Jules Verne's classic tome Around The World In 80 Days, but his adaptation never runs out of gas.
06/22/04
Top Critic
I was amazed at how little actually happens for a movie with so much action.
11/01/06
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05/26/06
It’s ironic that this film is less about traveling and more about beating the crap out of people all over the world.
07/25/05
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07/21/05
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The heart and soul of it, the story and the casting, are a complete mess.
02/09/05
Se eu fosse descendente de Verne processaria os produtores desta adaptação pavorosa por mancharem o nome da família ao incluí-lo nos créditos iniciais.
01/26/05
...Fogg essentially winds up playing second-banana to Passepartout - a disastrous choice that simply does not work.
01/15/05
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12/19/04
...just another adventure comedy built around Jackie Chan, this time with Verne's travelogue tenuously holding the action scenes together.
10/20/04
This purely satirical version sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't.
08/08/04
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07/03/04
Phony, unfunny family entertainment...packs in almost every racial and cultural stereotype in the world.
06/25/04
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