Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
42%RT Audience Score: 33%
Awards & Nominations: 3 nominations
Tim Allen spends Jungle 2 Jungle annoyed and put upon, mirroring audiences’ reaction as they struggle through this witless family comedy
Jungle2Jungle is a movie that’s perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon when you don’t want to think too much. It’s not going to win any awards, but it’s a fun and silly movie that will make you laugh. Tim Allen is his usual goofy self, and the jungle boy, Mimi-Siku, is adorable. The plot is predictable, but that’s part of the charm. It’s a movie that you can watch with your family and not worry about any inappropriate content. So grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the silliness of Jungle2Jungle.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Canaima National Park, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for some mild violence and language
Year of Release
1997
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2002
Genre(s)
Comedy
Keyword(s)
starring Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, Sam Huntington, David Ogden Stiers, directed by John Pasquin, written by Bruce A Evans, Raynold Gideon, comedy, PG, box office, Brian Reilly produced, reviewed by Carol Buckland, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Lisa Alspector, Kevin McManus, Leonard Klady, Trevor Johnston, Common Sense Media Editors, Richard Luck, Frank Swietek, John Wirt, Emanuel Levy, Philip Martin, divorce, Amazon, native tribe, Manhattan broker, estranged wife, family comedy, father-son relationship, jungle boy, New York City, quest, bonding, fish out of water, cultural differences, adventure, comedy of errors, family-friendly, heartwarming, feel-good, 1997, 1h 45m, $59.9M budget, $59.9M gross USA, English, surround sound mix
Worldwide gross: $59,927,618
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $111,709,926
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 965
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 12,182,108
US/Canada gross: $59,927,618
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $111,709,926
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 674
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,812,047
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $23,882,692
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 565
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $32,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $59,650,588
Production budget ranking: 681
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $32,121,841
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $19,937,497
ROI to date (est.): 22%
ROI ranking: 1,287
Martin Short – Richard Kempster
JoBeth Williams – Patricia Cromwell
Lolita Davidovich – Charlotte
Sam Huntington – Mimi-Siku
David Ogden Stiers – Alexei Jovanovic
Director(s)
John Pasquin
Writer(s)
Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
Producer(s)
Brian Reilly
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (34)
Jungle2Jungle is adequate family fare, not much more.
January 5, 2018
Carol Buckland
CNN.com
TOP CRITIC
September 7, 2011 | Rating: C+
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
Gently humorous and moving.
July 28, 2009
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Roughly half of Tim Allen’s latest comedy is hilarious-stupid, and the rest is monotonous-stupid.
July 28, 2009
Kevin McManus
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
Simple truths are often the most effective, but in this instance they are only banal and mildly amusing.
March 26, 2009
Leonard Klady
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Typically for Disney, the villains aren’t made of very stern stuff, nor indeed is fey spear-carrying Mimi-Siku.
June 24, 2006
Trevor Johnston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Silly farce about a jungle boy in New York.
January 1, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Common Sense Media Editors
Common Sense Media
Now if only it was even slightly better than those examples of Hollywood at its laziest.
July 28, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/5
Richard Luck
Film4
January 20, 2008 | Rating: 2/5
Frank Swietek
One Guy’s Opinion
A fairly awful Tim Allen comedy.
October 14, 2005 | Rating: 1/5
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
August 11, 2005 | Rating: 2/5
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
April 2, 2005 | Rating: 1/5
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette…
Plot
Michael Cromwell is a successful albeit self-absorbed commodities broker who wants to marry his new girlfriend, but to do that he has to divorce his ex-wife who has spent several years living among South American Indians. When he travels there to obtain the divorce papers, he discovers he has a teenage son, who accompanies him back to America to learn the ways of the urban jungle.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No specific tidbit is given about someone in the cast, but one critic review describes the film as “a fairly awful Tim Allen comedy.”
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