ComedyFamily

Jungle 2 Jungle

- The big city is about to get a little savage.

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.

Release Date : 1997-03-04

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Walt Disney PicturesTF1 Films ProductionMotion Picture Corporation of America

Production Country : FranceUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Michael Cromwell

Original Name : Tim Allen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Kempster

Original Name : Martin Short

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Patricia Cromwell

Original Name : JoBeth Williams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charlotte

Original Name : Lolita Davidovich

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mimi-Siku

Original Name : Sam Huntington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alexei Jovanovic

Original Name : David Ogden Stiers

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Langston

Original Name : Bob Dishy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jan Kempster

Original Name : Valerie Mahaffey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Karen Kempster

Original Name : Leelee Sobieski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Andrew Kempster

Original Name : Frankie J. Galasso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abe

Original Name : Luis Ávalos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fiona

Original Name : Carole Shelley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ian

Original Name : Dominic Keating

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Rondi Reed

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madeleine

Original Name : Oni Faida Lampley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gino

Original Name : Michael Mastro

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Prelot

Original Name : Joan Copeland

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Uhley

Original Name : Jack McGee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jovanovic Thug

Original Name : Nicholas J. Giangiulio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jovanovic Thug

Original Name : Don Picard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stewardess

Original Name : Christine Toy Johnson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Homeless Person

Original Name : Jack O'Connell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benjamin

Original Name : Jake Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ride Operator

Original Name : Ken Larsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Broker

Original Name : Lowell Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morrison

Original Name : Adam LeFevre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deli Clerk

Original Name : John Tormey

Gender : Male

Character Name : "Hello You" Girl

Original Name : Diana Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louis

Original Name : Derek Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trader's Assistant

Original Name : Tanya Memme

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hot Dog Vendor

Original Name : Michael Haley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dart Booth Attendant

Original Name : Glen Trotiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jovanovic's Mother

Original Name : Eva Veronika

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fish Market Employee

Original Name : Georgina Kess

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Maureen Beitler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fingerless Hand

Original Name : Brian Reilly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bearded Man in Times Square

Original Name : John Pasquin

Gender : Male

Reviews

r96sk

@r96sk

2021-06-23

Everything about this is very meh. I can't say there is anything about 'Jungle 2 Jungle' 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 Ogden Stiers. All in all, It's just a very basic and plain live-action production from Disney. The stereotypical 'jokes' don't help its cause, either.

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

2023-01-20

**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 hate it, namely the sympathetic way in which it approaches us and tries to create a family story, a light comedy about maladjustment, where a boy born and raised in the Venezuelan jungle ends up traveling to New York, the birthplace of his recently discovered biological father. There are some subplots in the middle, necessary for the film to have more support, because the main plot is too thin to stand on its own. Thus comes the whole business of trading coffee futures with mobsters, or that obnoxious character who is the boy's father's future bride. There are still some scenes, obviously demonstrating the boy's inadaptation to the city and urban society. The film is far from being good, and it shouldn't have left any special good memory in the minds of anyone involved in the project. However, it has a terrible comic exercise by Tim Allen, who is the main actor and the protagonist of the entire plot. He overacts, he's ham, he tries to be minimally funny. He doesn't always succeed, but the effort is there. Martin Short isn't better, he's just dumber, but these movies need the protagonist to have an idiot sidekick to do something even more stupid than he would do without him. Sam Huntington was a casting error. He may even be the son of two Caucasians, but he would fatally be very tanned in the equatorial climate where he was born, and the young actor is white as milk. His romance with Leelee Sobiesky, while having all the usual touches of a teenager's first crush, doesn't quite convince us. Technically, the film is absolutely regular. As regular as a light-hearted late 1990s family comic film can be. The cinematography, the sets, the costumes (even the ones in the jungle, where the Indian women were asked to cover up tribal nudity), everything is absolutely and perfectly ordinary and does not bring us surprises.