The Legend of Tarzan

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The Legend of Tarzan

PG-13

2016

1h 50m

Adventure

Action

Drama

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It's been nearly a decade since Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), also known as John Clayton III, left Africa to live in Victorian England with his wife Jane. Danger lurks on the horizon as Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz), a treacherous envoy for King Leopold, devises a scheme that lures the couple to the Congo. Rom plans to capture Tarzan and deliver him to an old enemy in exchange for diamonds. When Jane becomes a pawn in his devious plot, Tarzan must return to the jungle to save the woman he loves.

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Critics Consensus

The Legend of Tarzan has more on its mind than many movies starring the classic character, but that isn't enough to make up for its generic plot or sluggish pace.

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

The movie is so devoted to offering a clever course-correction of the Tarzan myth, while still staying true to that myth, that it overlooks its own impossibility.

Aug 10, 2017

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

Some things should be left in the past and forgotten. Case in point: Tarzan.

Nov 8, 2016

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

While technical aspects are strong, especially as they pertain to the motion capture effects utilized to bring the African beasts running through the jungle to life, sadly this is the end of the good news.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 9, 2016

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

The film’s faults center more around its inability to invigorate the franchise and surprise us with something fresh and new.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 23, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Its as though the filmmakers learned about the reality of the period in which their story takes place, and they became so disenchanted and obsessed with historical accuracy that they forgot to make an escapist adventure.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 11, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

The return to the intersection of Hollywood and vine deserved a more memorable retelling.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 18, 2021

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Nick E.

One day they’ll get a Tarzan reboot right.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Chris W

Christopher W. No idea the agenda of the professional reviewers. Excellent movie all the way around, acting, writing, cinematography. Thoroughly enjoyed this movie when it came out. Exactly why I bought it today.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/02/25

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frandigar V

Fantastic, epic, stylish and sometimes heart breaking movie. The musical score and the photography are exquisite and the acting is powerfull. It's a must see, critics are sometimes crazy, don't listen to them, this movie is badly underrated. Perhaps the only critic I can make is the unnecessary use of poor CGI at the end of the movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Christie R

I read all the Tarzan books. None of the Tarzan movies ever showed the apes as being different like they are in the book, this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where they actually showed that they were not Gorillas in the conventional sense. I thoroughly enjoyed the acting and thought Alexander Skarsgård did an amazing job of bringing Tarzan to life in a way that haven’t been done before. I don’t like that people seem to criticize this movie more than they just enjoy it for being fun.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Thomas S

A fantastic, beautifully filmed and well acted epic. Ignore the Rotten Tomatoes score

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Alexander S

The Legend of Tarzan barely swings to deliver a decent continuation of its well-known story. The cast delivers decent performances, and the CGI is alright, but the movie is slow, boring, and lacks an engaging story that would have satisfied fans of Tarzan with a solid action-adventure epic. Grading: C

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Synopsis

It's been nearly a decade since Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), also known as John Clayton III, left Africa to live in Victorian England with his wife Jane. Danger lurks on the horizon as Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz), a treacherous envoy for King Leopold, devises a scheme that lures the couple to the Congo. Rom plans to capture Tarzan and deliver him to an old enemy in exchange for diamonds. When Jane becomes a pawn in his devious plot, Tarzan must return to the jungle to save the woman he loves.

Director: David Yates
Producer: Jerry Weintraub, David Barron, Alan Riche, Tony Ludwig
Screenwriter: Adam Cozad, Craig Brewer
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Jerry Weintraub Productions, Beaglepug
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Action & Violence|Brief Rude Dialogue|Some Sensuality)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $126.6M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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