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Kangaroo Jack (2003)

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Reviews Counted:110

Fresh:9

Rotten:101

Average Rating:3.3/10

Consensus: The humor is gratingly dumb, and Kangaroo Jack contains too much violence and sexual innuendo for a family movie.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for language, crude humor, sensuality and violence

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 17, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $66,734,992

Synopsis: Best friends Charlie Carbone [JERRY O’CONNELL] and Louis Fucci [ANTHONY ANDERSON] are both struggling to get ahead in life – but their approaches couldn’t be more different. Louis is an eternal... Best friends Charlie Carbone [JERRY O’CONNELL] and Louis Fucci [ANTHONY ANDERSON] are both struggling to get ahead in life – but their approaches couldn’t be more different.

Louis is an eternal optimist, which is a good thing considering he’s also a magnet for bad luck. Ever since he saved Charlie’s life 20 years ago, Louis has embroiled them in a series of shady get-rich-quick schemes, which has only compounded Charlie’s reputation as the ultimate loser in the eyes of his intimidating stepfather, mob boss Sal Maggio [CHRISTOPHER WALKEN].

More skeptical and low-profile than Louis, Charlie just wants to play by the rules, meet the right girl and make a success of his new business, which is tough with Sal skimming all the profits. But when Louis recruits Charlie to help him escort a truckload of stolen TVs across town, they inadvertently lead police straight to Sal’s warehouse, jam-packed with hot property.

Just when it looks like the guys might wind up sleeping with the fishes, Sal decides to give Charlie and his bumbling sidekick one last chance for redemption. All they have to do is deliver $50,000 cash to one of Sal’s associates in a remote outpost …the Australian Outback.

Goodbye Brooklyn, G’day Sydney!

After an adventurous plane flight and a scary brush with Customs, Charlie and Louis find themselves barrelling down a dusty road in the Aussie wilderness with the 50 grand stuffed in Louis’ lucky red jacket. Looks like things are finally starting to go their way when…THUMP! Their jeep hits a large kangaroo.

As the guys try in vain to revive the lifeless roo, they realize he resembles their buddy “Jackie Legs” back home in Brooklyn. Louis impulsively insists on dressing “Jackie” in his lucky red jacket and snapping a few photos.

Problem is…this kangaroo has a plan of his own.

Before Charlie and Louis can react, the feisty beast springs to life and bounces off across the desert at lightning speed wearing what has just become the most valuable jacket in Australia. To their horror, the kangaroo disappears into the vast scrubland, leaving them with no money, no car and no clue.

Enlisting the aid of Jessie [ESTELLA WARREN], a resourceful American wildlife conservationist, along with a drunken bush pilot and a herd of the most ill-mannered camels that ever lived, Charlie and Louis attempt to track the wily kangaroo across the dense Outback, capture him and retrieve the cash before Sal’s henchmen send them “down under”…permanently. [More]

Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Walken, Estella Warren

Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Walken, Estella Warren, Dyan Cannon, Marton Csokas, Michael Shannon

Director: David McNally

Director: David McNally
Screenwriter: Steve Bing, Scott Rosenberg
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Sep 8, 2009

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  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
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A ragged comedy that features much more lame slapstick action than bouncing beast.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

Likable but negligible.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/05/07
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Reader
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Brainless and inane, this is for undemanding kids only.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Danny Graydon
Danny Graydon
Empire Magazine

Parents beware: this film is too crude, violent and offensive for younger viewers.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Oh, how I wish I didn't know 'Jack'.

Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | comment Comment
01/02/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com

It's a thin, tedious caper only notable for its impressive Outback locations and a cameo from Christopher Walken that proves the word 'no' isn't in his vocabulary.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/02/04
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC

No one seems to have any idea whether this is an action movie, a comedy, a kid's movie or perhaps a bizarre experiment in kangaroo torture.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
09/06/03
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

A competent and workmanlike action-adventure romp for kids, briefly enlivened by a funny cameo from Christopher Walken.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
07/08/03
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

The movie is crap, but no more so than you'd expect from something with [i]Kangaroo Jack[/i] on the title card and Jerry Bruckheimer's name under the producer credit.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
07/06/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

If you can imagine how painful it would be to wander aimlessly lost for days on end through the Australian outback, that's how the eighty-nine minutes of this film go by.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
06/27/03
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

David McNally basically made a mob comedy, realized it wasn’t funny and then added in computer-generated shots of the kangaroo that didn’t require paying actors for reshoots.

Full Review Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) | comment Comment
06/26/03
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

O personagem-título aparece pouco ao longo da projeção: se somarmos todas as suas cenas, é possível que o resultado não passe de 15 minutos. E se estes 15 minutos já são ruins, imaginem os 75 minutos restantes...

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
06/17/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

If only Walken had met up with the kangaroo…

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
05/22/03
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

Parents may find themselves growing tired of the immature undertone, but the charismatic odd couple of O¹Connell and Anderson is enough to emphasize the film¹s light-hearted feel.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Tyler Hanley
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

I’m sorry to say that Kangaroo Jack is top of my 2003 ‘worst list’ so far.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/26/03
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Urban Cinefile

Luckily, Australians can't take offence at the lame Aussie "you'd be a banger short of a barbie" stereotypes, because the American characters are just as puerile.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
04/18/03
Alexa Moses
Alexa Moses
Sydney Morning Herald

Tie this kangaroo down, sport -- before he makes a sequel.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
04/15/03
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
ViewLondon

Does anyone really think lame scripts like this make good movies?

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
03/21/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

There's nothing to recommend the film.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle

Every lame, overdone Australia reference is tossed into the script ... and it also boasts a number of non-continent-specific clichés.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
03/04/03
Kelly Borgeson
Kelly Borgeson
Premiere Magazine
 
 
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