Anaconda (1997)
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 29
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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 6
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A group of filmmakers looking for a lost native tribe instead find a man-eating monster in this thriller. Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) is a documentary filmmaker on assignment to make a film about the Shirishama Indians of the Amazon, a mysterious tribe known as "the People of the Mists." As Terri and her crew -- cameraman Danny Rich (Ice Cube), sound recordist Gary Dixon (Owen Wilson), anthropologist Steve Cale (Eric Stoltz), production manager Denise Kahlberg (Kari Wuhrer), and host Warren
Apr 11, 1997 Wide
Jan 1, 1998
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Jennifer Lopez
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Ice Cube
Danny Rich -
Jon Voight
Paul Sarone -
Eric Stoltz
Dr. Steven Cale -
Jonathan Hyde
Warren Westridge -
Owen Wilson
Gary Dixon -
Kari Wuhrer
Denise Kalberg -
Vincent Castellanos
Mateo -
Danny Trejo
Poacher -
Don La Fontaine
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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (30) | DVD (17)
Anaconda, directed by Luis Llosa with all of the subtlety of a snake-oil salesman, is in the great tradition of cinematic cheese, as processed as Kraft Singles slices.
Top CriticA silly and plodding Jaws rip-off about a 40-foot man-eating snake on the prowl in the Brazilian rain forest.
One never questions the realism of the remarkable animatronic and computer-generated effects, but it's hard to credit a snake that screams.
Anaconda is about a snake that eats everybody. That about says it all.
Anaconda is such a classic combination of feckless dramaturgy and rampant excess that giving way to giggles is the only sane response.
A trashily entertaining reptilian version of Jaws set in the steaming heart of the Amazon rain forest.
An above average specimen hungering for tasty morsels.
In its natural habitat, Anaconda can be appreciated for its campy pleasures, not the least of which is Jon Voight in a delirious, balls-out performance as creepy Paraguayan snake poacher Paul Serone. [Blu-ray]
Anaconda is campy fun if you're into B-movie creature features. Just don't look at the star list and think that the film is going to transcend the genre.
...never quite lives up to the promise of its admittedly irresistible set-up...
lives better in the memory
Luis Llosa's Anaconda is great "B" movie trash, complete with bad special effects and cheesy monsters.
If you shut your brain down you'll have some fun.
At its best, it refuses to take itself seriously and literally winks at us. But more often, it derives laughs unintentionally.
Done with such a wry sense of humor - thanks, especially, to an over-the-top, hopefully intentional, outrageous performance by Jon Voight, and some nifty snake effects - that you forgive its derivative nature and settle down for some fun.
Anaconda suffers from one-dimensional characters and cliches.
Both Ice Cube and Voigt are fun to watch in the film. The other actors are forgettable.
A morass of cliches, contradictions and clumsy attempts at suspense.
Voight's performance alone is absurd enough to merit the film a look.
Audience Reviews for Anaconda
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- Paul Sarone: This river can kill you in a thousand ways.
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- Warren Westridge: Last time I was in water like this, I was up all night picking leeches off my scrotum.
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- Warren Westridge: Last time I was in water like this, I was up all night picking leeches off my scrotum.
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- Paul Sarone: Never look in the eyes, of those you kill. They will haunt you forever. I know.
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- Paul Sarone: There's a devil inside everyone.
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"When You Can't Breath, You Can't Scream"
Anaconda is another variation on the creature feature film. This one is very much living in the shadows of Jaws, and that was by design. It's trying to use that formula, but with a killer Anaconda. None of this works obviously as we watch a terrible looking Anaconda, a bunch of big name actors that aren't trying, and have to listen to the brainless dialogue and actions of these characters.
A group of filmmakers are on their way to try to find a hidden tribe in the Amazon. On their way, they find a broken down boat with a man on it, who they take aboard. He claims to have seen the tribe they are looking for and promises to guide them to the tribe. Well, actually he's a snake catcher and is trying to find a colossal sized snake. That he does and soon everyone on the boats life is in danger, as a gigantic Anaconda is preying on them.
As far as creature feature films go, this could have actually been a lot worse. There's a little fun to be had in all of the ridiculousness, but so little it doesn't make this worth a watch. I didn't enjoy it, but for hardcore fans of the genre, it may be worth a look.