Jungle 2 Jungle

PG

Released Mar 7, 1997

1 hr. 45 min.

Kids & Family

Comedy

List

19%

42 Reviews

Tomatometer

33%

100,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

Manhattan broker Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is engaged to fiancée Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich) but needs a divorce from his estranged wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who's been living in the Amazon with a native tribe for years. Michael travels to the Amazon and discovers he has a son: Teen Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington), who begs to be taken to the city to fulfill a quest for his tribe. At first, things don't go so smoothly for the kid from the jungle, but soon the boy and his dad bond.

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Critics Consensus

Tim Allen spends Jungle 2 Jungle annoyed and put upon, mirroring audiences' reaction as they struggle through this witless family comedy.

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Mitchell S

Excellent 90s movie! Tim Allen ftw.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Josh

I enjoyed the humor and the story line wasn't flat.. it's a classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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Stephen C

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Jay P

The critics had a worse childhood than I did. This movie is awesome.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/27/22

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Audience Member

Starring Tim Allen as a New York City stock broker who finds out he has a 13 year old son who had been living with his separated spouse in tribal Venezuela. This movie has an interesting premise of, basically, two fish out of water stories. But the execution didn't seem to work well. Tim Allen and Martin Short are both really funny men, but the writing for them in this movie didn't allow them to shine and I feel they just used their names to sell movie tickets. I honestly think this movie would have worked better if it was written as a drama and explored the cultural differences of father and son in a real fashion instead of comedic. For a good portion of the first two acts I wanted to turn the movie off to avoid the awkward comedic scenes, but I pushed through! There were a few scenes that got a laugh out of me, but not enough to really recommend this movie to anyone.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

THIS MOVIE FUCKING ROCKS

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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John Pasquin

Director

Tim Allen

Michael Cromwell

Martin Short

Richard Kempster

JoBeth Williams

Patricia Cromwell

Lolita Davidovich

Charlotte

Sam Huntington

Mimi-Siku

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Carol Buckland

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Jungle2Jungle is adequate family fare, not much more.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2011

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

Gently humorous and moving.

Jul 28, 2009

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Common Sense Media Editors

Common Sense Media

Silly farce about a jungle boy in New York.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Richard Luck

Film4

Now if only it was even slightly better than those examples of Hollywood at its laziest.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 28, 2009

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TV Guide

This very Disney treatment of the classic fish out of water story ought to satisfy its intended audiences: kids and the parents who must accompany them.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 28, 2009

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Synopsis

Manhattan broker Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is engaged to fiancée Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich) but needs a divorce from his estranged wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who's been living in the Amazon with a native tribe for years. Michael travels to the Amazon and discovers he has a son: Teen Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington), who begs to be taken to the city to fulfill a quest for his tribe. At first, things don't go so smoothly for the kid from the jungle, but soon the boy and his dad bond.

Director: John Pasquin
Executive Producer: Richard Baker, Rick Messina, Brad Krevoy
Screenwriter: Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 1997, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $59.9M
Sound Mix: Surround

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