George of the Jungle

July. 15,1997      PG
Rating:
5.5
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Deep in the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable klutz who has a rain forest full of animal friends: Tookie, his big-beaked toucan messenger; Ape, a witty talking gorilla; and Shep, a peanut-loving pooch of an elephant. But when poachers mess with George's pals, the King Of Swing swings into action.

Brendan Fraser as  George of the Jungle
Leslie Mann as  Ursula Stanhope
Thomas Haden Church as  Lyle van de Groot
John Cleese as  An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
Richard Roundtree as  Kwame
Abraham Benrubi as  Thor
Holland Taylor as  Beatrice Stanhope
John Bennett Perry as  Arthur Stanhope
Greg Cruttwell as  Max
Abdoulaye NGom as  Kip

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Reviews

Micitype
1997/07/15

Pretty Good

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Noutions
1997/07/16

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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AnhartLinkin
1997/07/17

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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Salubfoto
1997/07/18

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

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ironhorse_iv
1997/07/19

'George of the Jungle' is one fun goofball movie that most people will love. After all, the movie humor is based off the 1960's cartoon of the same name made by Jay Ward & Bill Scott, the same guys that help made 'the Rocky and Bullwinkle show'. A parody of author, Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel, 'Tarzan of the Apes'; the show and film tells a fish out of water story of an extremely clumsy and dimwitted, wild man named George (Brendan Fraser) trying to live with his wealthy love interest, Ursula (Leslie Mann) in the big city. However, the call of the wild is calling him back, to save the jungle, from some unwanted poachers wanted to capture, his friend/mentor Ape (Voiced by John Cleese). Without spoiling the movie, too much, if this plot sounds familiar, yes, it nearly a carbon copy of the plot of 'Jungle 2 Jungle', also released by Disney on the same year. Honestly, if you take away, most of clever take itself not so serious, self-aware humor from this movie, you're left with a generic somewhat cheesy tiresome plot with bad CGI, and men in badly made ape costumes. Thank goodness, the movie directed by Sam Weisman is so funny, that we can overlook that, and see it for what it is: a light-hearted parody. It's as close to being a live-action cartoon as possible. Surprising, that's a good thing since the plot is so plain. The way the movie was shot in slapstick form remind me, of the Looney Toons shorts with the Roadrunner and the Wyle E. Coyote. As the narrator explains, in this film nobody dies, but they will "get big boo-boos". George smashing into trees is particularly a Running Gag. Even without the dialogue jokes, the physical comedy is that universal. While, yes, the violence might led to kids accidentally hurting themselves emulating moves learned from the film, but I have to say, it's a risk worth taking, because physical comedy in a live action Disney movie has never been so funny. While, yes, there is some cringe-worthy dark moments, like apes wanting to rape the villain, Lyle (Thomas Haden Church) or a bird getting shove in somebody ass. For the most part, the childish slapstick and toilet humor, are used correctly to the point, that it's not too annoying, or offensive to watch. Surprising, most of jokes are not even that low brow. I like how the film has some wily humor to counteract the few amounts of juvenile absurdity. The way the film used cool, 'breaking the fourth wall' moments, risky sexual innuendos, exaggeration narratives, smart wordplay and puns, and some fun surrealism were great. Not only, did those jokes hit the funny bone for adults, but it was clear enough for kids to understand as well. Perhaps, that might turn off, some viewers off, but I do like comedies which the whole family can enjoy together. Also, I like how the actors delivered the jokes, throughout it. Fraser, Cleese, Mann & Thomas Haden Church gave us, some of the best facial reactions ever. I wouldn't call it, the best acting, but it was fine, for what they were given. All of the characters were pretty likable. Nevertheless, I like George the most. He's sweet, soulful, courageous, in touch with his emotions, and spends most of the movie running around in nothing, but a six pack chest and small loincloth. So, it was no surprise that most women love this movie. The title song is catchy, however, I can do, without the flashing light, title opening, after the cartoon, as it can potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. I also can do, without the fake looking locations mixed with the real-life locations. It was a bit distracting. Plus, I didn't like the whole shooting in the head gag. It probably should had been change. Better yet, have it cut like the delete scenes, where George saving Ursula from a quicksand pit, George exploring the mall and Lyle returning from jail with a shaved head and eye patch. It was not funny. It was a bit disturbing. Still, it's weird that everyone thought this movie was going to flop, but its things like what I listed, that made this movie into a box-office success and relatively well-received with critics. Even Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert love this film. Indeed, Disney presents the smash hit comedy that families everywhere went bananas over! Overall: For a movie that clearly should've been dead on arrival, it's actually very enjoyable. Kids love it, adults seem to like it, what's not to enjoy? In the end, go ahead and swing on it. It's that fun to watch. Highly recommended.

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Terryfan
1997/07/20

In 1997 my brothers and I went to see George Of The Jungle in theaters and let me tell you I have never heard a theater so loud with laughterThat is what this film is full with of comedy and humor so much so that you will be quoting the lines that made you laugh. To this day I quote this movie with some of my favorite scenes.Sure this movie isn't a masterpiece based of a classic cartoon show but nevertheless the movie did some things right to make everyone laugh and it still rank this as one of my favorite movies that I saw in theaters. Brendan Fraser was brilliant as George, this is one of the few rare times in comedy films were an actor was born to play a role and Brendan was just the right man for the job because he help brought the film to life. When you watch his performance you'll be laughing for sure. Leslie Mann was beautiful as Ursula and she made for a interesting character for the film. Thomas Haden Church as Lyle Van de Groot was just a smart choice because he played a character we all hated Keith Scott was brilliant as The Narrator and he help made the film a good one to watch. Even his jokes will make you laughThe film does have a good story to help with the film and there is some interesting character story telling through the film that is better if you watch the film to understand more of what I meanGeorge Of The Jungle feature some of the most creative comedy bits you can ever have in a family film while it's PG rating it still a funny film that everyone in the film can watchTrust me and watch this movie you'll be glad you didI give George Of The Jungle an 8 out of 10

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beresfordjd
1997/07/21

Yes this film is what it is. But what it is is terrible. It is a badly conceived load of utter rubbish which could only appeal to the lamest of brains or children. I like Brendan Fraser a lot, he is a good comedic actor but this is not a good comedy. Richard Roundtree must have been desperate to appear in such a film and has completely blown any credibility he used to have. I am aware that John Cleese has to pay loads of alimony to ex-wives so needs to do whatever comes his way and as he does not actually appear (just a voice performance) I imagine he simply did it for the money. It is a stupid movie for kids and has no other pretensions but when one compares it to , say Nanny McPhee, which is in similar unrealistic tone then it suffers very badly. It is the sort of film in which actors appear and then spend most of the rest of their career living it down.

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bigverybadtom
1997/07/22

The only truly memorable scene in this movie was the stunt at the Golden Gate Bridge-it was actually rather impressive. The rest, however, was trite, dull, and repetitive. George, an inept Tarzan-like man, is found by Ursula in the jungle, and she takes him to the city, and of course there are problems with that.The original "George Of The Jungle" episodes were short cartoons, not necessarily suited for conversion to a feature-length film, as other such efforts such as "Dudley Do-Right" have proved. Though the movie does make a real effort to keep as close to the original cartoon as possible, the sad truth is that the whole thing just didn't work. Fortunately, the fad for such efforts has long died off, so we don't have to worry about seeing Hong Kong Phooey or Tennessee Tuxedo getting such treatment.

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