Now if only it was even slightly better than those examples of Hollywood at its laziest.
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:7
Rotten:31
Average Rating:3.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a stuffy New York executive pursues his archaeologist wife through sweltering South American jungles with pen and divorce papers in hand, he discovers the son he never knew he had--swinging... When a stuffy New York executive pursues his archaeologist wife through sweltering South American jungles with pen and divorce papers in hand, he discovers the son he never knew he had--swinging from the vines with his giant pet spider. Turns out the boy's been raised as part of a jungle tribe, so when the lad and his dad make a trip to the Big Apple, fish-out-of-water hilarity ensues. [More]
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, Sam Huntington, David Ogden Stiers, Bob Dishy, Valerie Mahaffey, Leelee Sobieski
Director: John Pasquin
Director: John Pasquin
Screenwriter: Herve Palud, Igor Aptekman, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Bruneau, Bruce A. Evans
Composer: Michael Convertino
Reviews for Jungle 2 Jungle
Typically for Disney, the villains aren't made of very stern stuff, nor indeed is fey spear-carrying Mimi-Siku.
Aside from a hilarious set piece involving a cat/tranquilliser dart interface and a vaguely entertaining Russian Mafia subplot, this is tired stuff which should have stayed at home.
This very Disney treatment of the classic fish out of water story ought to satisfy its intended audiences: kids and the parents who must accompany them.
Roughly half of Tim Allen’s latest comedy is hilarious-stupid, and the rest is monotonous-stupid.
Simple truths are often the most effective, but in this instance they are only banal and mildly amusing.
If you care at all about surface plausibility, adults who act like adults, or emotions that exist anywhere other than in manipulative movies, spare yourself and spare your family.
It's a good cast. The movie uses the physical comedy talents of Short and Allen to good advantage.
You'd think someone would have figured out by now that putting a big TV star in a lame movie doesn't make the movie any better.
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