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Jungle 2 Jungle

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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

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Typically for Disney, the villains aren't made of very stern stuff, nor indeed is fey spear-carrying Mimi-Siku.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
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Now if only it was even slightly better than those examples of Hollywood at its laziest.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
07/28/09
Richard Luck
Richard Luck
Channel 4 Film
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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.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Caroline Westbrook
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
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Gently humorous and moving.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/28/09
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader

I for one am sick and tired of the unappealingly unoriginal fare that Disney releases on a constant basis.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Poor Tim Allen looks positively embarrassed throughout the picture, even when he's trying to rescue it.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Mildly entertaining comedy about a father-son reunion.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/29/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

For all his talent, Martin Short has been consistently snakebitten in his choice of movies, a streak now extended by Disney's Jungle 2 Jungle.

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01/01/00
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

I'm sorry to say that most of the children in the audience ate this crap up, which is just another disturbing sign that America's youth is in trouble.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

No one is allowed to think in this movie. Not one single event in the entire plot can possibly take place unless every character in the cast has brains made of Bac-o-Bits.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Yet another silly Disney comedy that is strictly for kids... if you don't mind your kids being exposed to the vulgar material that passes for humor in "family movies" these days.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The film is well-paced and warm-hearted, with uniform chuckles.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Jungle 2 Jungle.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

Simple truths are often the most effective, but in this instance they are only banal and mildly amusing.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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Mildly caustic, sentimental and slow.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/18/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Jungle 2 Jungle still finds time to appreciate Mr. Allen's easy way with a child actor, an audience or a heavily tranquilized pet cat.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Roughly half of Tim Allen’s latest comedy is hilarious-stupid, and the rest is monotonous-stupid.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
07/28/09
Kevin McManus
Kevin McManus
Washington Post

The material is so fowl that even a rewrite by Quentin Tarantino couldn't help it.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ted Prigge
Ted Prigge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Allen just looks like he realizes he is much smarter than this material.

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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