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Jungle 2 Jungle

Jungle 2 Jungle

5,4 /10 (523 Votes)
1997 EN 105 min

Overview

Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.

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Release date

04/03/1997

Votes

523

Popularity

3.4

The big city is about to get a little savage.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

105 min

Budget

$32,000,000

Revenue

$59,927,618

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r96sk

r96sk

2020-10-07

⭐ 6

Everything about this is very meh. I can't say there is anything about <em>'Jungle 2 Jungle'</em> that I liked or enjoyed, I don't think it is anything overtly terrible but it's just so boring. None of the cast are memorable, the plot is lazy and the pacing is well off. It does attempt heart, though it doesn't hit all that sharply. The performances of Tim Allen (Michael) and Martin Short (Richard) - though not good - at least keep the film away from the depths of awful. I also think Sam Huntington (Mimi) is alright in this. There's also an appearance from Jumba Jookiba himself, David Ogd…

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2023-01-20

⭐ 3

**Absolutely ordinary, within the standard of any light family comedy of the late 90's. Maybe that's why it ended up forgotten.** This is another one of those endearing family films from the 90's that made their way to the small screen, and disappeared completely once they left the TV channels. It is a film that I believe very few will remember. I saw it at the time, I forgot about it, and I only remembered it again when I found it by chance, and I decided to see it again, these days. The script is as predictable and cliché as it can be, but it retains some elements that don't let us hat…

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