Dunston Checks In (1996)
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 15
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Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4
No consensus yet.
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A nervous hotel manager has all sorts of monkey business to deal with (actually orangutan business, but you get the idea) in this comedy for the family. Robert Grant (Jason Alexander) is the manager of The Majestic Hotel, a large and highly luxurious five-star facility. Grant is harried, overworked, and wants to take his two sons, Kyle (Eric Lloyd) and Brian (Graham Sack), on a well-deserved vacation, but when the owner of the Majestic, Mrs. Dubrow (Faye Dunnaway), hears that the hotel is being
Jan 12, 1996 Wide
May 28, 2002
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Jason Alexander
Robert Grant -
Faye Dunaway
Mrs. Dubrow -
Eric Lloyd
Kyle Grant -
Rupert Everett
Lord Rutledge -
Graham Sack
Brian Grant -
Paul Reubens
Buck La Farge -
Jennifer Bassey
Mrs. Dellacroce -
Natalie Core
Mrs. Feldman -
Nathan Davis
Victor -
Lois De Banzie
Mrs. Winthrop -
Marceline Hugot
Mrs. Harrison -
Frank Kopyc
Night Doorman -
Cynthia Martells
Ms. Pink -
Karen Maruyama
Telephone Operator -
Neriah Napaul
Ferrari Girl -
Ernest Perry Jr.
Doorman -
Judith Scott
Nancy -
Glenn Shadix
Lionel Spalding -
Peter Siragusa
Maintenance Man -
Lynne Marie Stewart
Cucumber Woman -
Michael McCarty
Tex -
Frank Welker
Special Vocal Effects -
Bruce Beatty
Murray -
Steven Gilborn
Artie -
Ray Chang
Bellman #1 -
Jim Ishida
Bali Majestic Guest
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All Critics (24) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (15) | DVD (4)
It's a first-class, stylish farce with a brisk pace and cool wit.
Top CriticAn unruly orangutan plus an opulent hotel setting equals a natural disaster, or in this case a kids' movie.
There isn't much of a story. The minimal plot exists exclusively to get the orangutan Dunston (played by "Sam") into as many odd, potentially-comic circumstances as possible.
Dunston does not, in fact, check in.
Dumb chimp-gorilla-orangutan genre laughs, and forgettable.
I'm checking out.
Depends on your orangutan tolerance.
Monkeys: they make any movie funnier just by being included.
Its value is ultimately just as a way to keep your children quiet and pliant for ninety minutes.
Dunston Checks In -- Wish I hadn't.
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