A very enjoyable goofball comedy in the Disney tradition of smart animals and dumb humans.
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03/16/03
George of the Jungle (1997)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:24
Rotten:21
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: George of the Jungle is faithful to its source material -- which, unfortunately, makes it a less-than-compelling feature film.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: The clumsy ape man from Jay Ward's 1967 television cartoon takes on a jungle of another kind in live-action when he follows a visiting San Francisco resident back to the City by the Bay. There... [More]
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree
Director: Sam Weisman
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Reviews for George of the Jungle
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03/11/03
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01/30/03
Director Sam Weisman and screenwriters Dana Olsen and Audrey Wells have concocted a goony, good-natured yarn infused with the silly spirit of the original.
10/15/02
This movie ain't perfect, but it's very cool to watch.
09/10/02
No review available.
07/30/02
A pleasant surprise, one of the most witty, entertaining family films to come out in some time.
06/18/02
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06/05/02
George George, George of the Jungle. Boom boom BOOM BOOM . . . Oh, please shut up.
04/12/02
Top CriticTotally silly & tree-smashing, but still with hip clever jokes & some jokes that felt familiar even though I have never seen the cartoon.
12/30/01
There is not a banana's worth of plot in the Dana Olsen and Audrey Wells script to offer narrative nourishment.
02/14/01
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01/01/00
It's amusing, which is possibly as much as anyone could ask, and the assortedly animated friends are cleverly done.
01/01/00
Despite a few bright moments, however, too much of the film is made up of the kind of flailing manic behavior that passes for slapstick these days.
01/01/00
The comedy in George of the Jungle is not sophisticated, but it is frequently audacious and irreverent.
01/01/00
Top CriticAn amiable, highly ingratiating piece of lowbrow entertainment, and the audience of mainly young children and parents I saw it with on Saturday night clearly had a ball. So did I.
01/01/00
Top CriticGeorge of the Jungle may be unsophisticated, but it is enjoyable.
01/01/00
What really makes this work is Fraser, who plays it to the hilt.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
This live-action Disney version is so silly, so garishly over-the-top, and so bracingly eager to please, that it's hard not to fall under its gleefully gooney spell.
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