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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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Oct 8, 2002

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  • Jungle 2 Jungle
  • America's favorite entertainer, Tim Allen, is at it again as commodities broker Michael Cromwell, king of the Wall Street jungle. With money, power, and an engagement to a beautiful fashion designer, he has it all. But when Michael travels to the Amazon to finalize the divorce from his first wife -- a jungle doctor -- she reveals that he also has a blowdart-shooting, giant-spider-carrying, 13-year-old son, Mimi-Siku. Cultures clash when Mimi is entrusted by his tribal chief to bring back fire from the Statue of Liberty. Back home in New York, Michael must somehow convince Mimi that pets are not for eating and it's not nice to chase people with your killer spider. But when Michael's partner (Martin Short) crosses a Russian mob boss in a coffee bean deal, Mimi and Michael must use all their jungle skills in a hysterical father/son rescue. Now you can bring home the hilarious new hit comedy adventure from the studio that brought you HOME IMPROVEMENT and the box office smash THE SANTA CLAUSE.
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    If it didn't work the first time, what makes you think it will work the second?

    Full Review Source: Film Scouts | comment Comment
    04/17/02
    Leslie Rigoulot
    Leslie Rigoulot
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    Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
    04/12/02
    Globe and Mail

    Huntington is wonderful at conveying Mimi's combination of naivete and intelligence, and Allen is a marvel.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    02/14/01
    Kevin Thomas
    Kevin Thomas
    Los Angeles Times
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    Trash is trash, even if it used to be in French.

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    01/01/00
    Barbara Shulgasser
    Barbara Shulgasser
    San Francisco Examiner

    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

    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

    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
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    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
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    Janet Maslin
    Janet Maslin
    New York Times
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    A rather bland, humorless comedy.

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    Madeleine Williams
    Madeleine Williams
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    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

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

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    Rita Kempley
    Rita Kempley
    Washington Post
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    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
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    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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    Allen just looks like he realizes he is much smarter than this material.

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    01/01/00
    Scott Renshaw
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    With the dearth of kids' movies, it's good to see one even if it's only mildly funny.

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    Steve Rhodes
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    Susan Stark
    Susan Stark
    Detroit News
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    The material is so fowl that even a rewrite by Quentin Tarantino couldn't help it.

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    01/01/00
    Ted Prigge
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