If it didn't work the first time, what makes you think it will work the second?
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
Reviews for Jungle 2 Jungle
Huntington is wonderful at conveying Mimi's combination of naivete and intelligence, and Allen is a marvel.
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.
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.
I for one am sick and tired of the unappealingly unoriginal fare that Disney releases on a constant basis.
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.
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.
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.
Poor Tim Allen looks positively embarrassed throughout the picture, even when he's trying to rescue it.
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.
Allen just looks like he realizes he is much smarter than this material.
With the dearth of kids' movies, it's good to see one even if it's only mildly funny.
The material is so fowl that even a rewrite by Quentin Tarantino couldn't help it.
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