Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Reviews Counted: 36
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 31
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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 2.4/5
User Ratings: 6,954
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Todd Holland directed this Charlie Peters adaptation of Frank Parkin's novel. Respected anthropologist James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) and his wife, Jennifer (Barbara Williams), bring their three children along during their failed search in New Guinea for a lost tribe. After Jennifer's death, James reaches a zero point back in the U.S., having spent all his foundation grant money raising the kids as a single parent. Scheduled to lecture at a college and fearful he could be charged with
Feb 27, 1998 Wide
Jun 4, 2002
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Richard Dreyfuss
James Krippendorf -
Jenna Elfman
Veronica Micelli -
Natasha Lyonne
Shelly -
Gregory Smith
Mickey -
Carl Michael Lindner
Edmund -
Stephen Root
Gerald Adams -
Elaine Stritch
Irene Harding -
Tom Poston
Gordon Harding -
David Ogden Stiers
Henry Spivey -
Lily Tomlin
Ruth Allen -
Doris Belack
President Porter -
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Simon Alonso -
Siobhan Fallon
Lori Hayward -
Barbara Williams
Jennifer Krippendorf -
Zakes Mokae
Sulukim -
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Pretty lame comedy stuff with Dreyfuss leading family misadventures. Sophomoric.
The fact that people loved this movie is beyond me; the fact that it was an Oscar contender blows me away.
Dreyfuss deserves a whole lot better than this garbage.
Though it settles for easy laughs, the laughs remain appreciated.
In order to find Krippendorf's Tribe funny, you must agree with it on one fundamental principle: Penises are funny.
Look at Richard Dreyfuss on the poster, weep for him, and then rent something else.
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