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Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:2

Rotten:18

Average Rating:2.4/10

Runtime: 3 hrs 57 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A modernized "version" of the Burroughs classic. Bo Derek sizzles with off-beat sensuality as she cavorts with her appealingly shy and muscular ape man lover.

Starring: Bo Derek, Miles O'Keefe, Richard Harris, John Phillip Law

Starring: Bo Derek, Miles O'Keefe, Richard Harris, John Phillip Law

Director: John Derek

Director: John Derek

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Jun 8, 2004

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Painfully dull.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/04/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This opus will disappoint both Tarzan fans and Bo admirers.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
Variety Staff
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No review available.

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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Judging by the amount of time everybody spends swimming, the African jungle resembles Hornsey Baths filled with oversized pot plants.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

Lots of untittilating nudity

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10/27/05
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

No review available.

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06/30/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Of course it's completely ridiculous, but at the same time it has a certain disarming charm.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Truly forgettable, except for Bo's booty

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10/19/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Truly forgettable, except for Bo's booty

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10/19/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

To describe the film as inept would be to miss the point, which is to present Mrs. Derek in as many different poses, nude and seminude, as there are days of the year, all in something less than two hours.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/30/04
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Silliness abounds, so much so that the picture comes off closer to a comedy than the romantic action-adventure it was meant to be.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
07/04/04
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

This cinematic atrocity truly is one of the all-time worsts.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
06/16/04
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

not even funny as modern irony

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06/03/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Nice to look at, but dear Lord...

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02/05/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

If you want to see Bo at the peak of her acting powers, check out Tommy Boy instead, where she plays a plastic stereotype.

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09/29/02
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
ToxicUniverse.com

No review available.

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09/22/02
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

about as erotic as a Shirley Temple musical

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08/04/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No review available.

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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

"Produced" by Bo and "directed and photographed" by John, Tarzan reduced Edgar Rice Burrough's far-from-classic work to the level of a magazine spread on a Playboy bunny in the, er, bush.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
11/06/01
Edward Margulies
Edward Margulies
Movieline
 
 
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