Load of rubbish!!

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The CGI elephant was cool. But I had to quit this after 30 or 40 minutes. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for this type of comedy. The jokes are geared more towards children or whatever but whatever. It seems well directed at times. Just silly in repetitive way. But I did not give the film an honest chance - I did the math and quit it before the halfway mark. Maybe the second half is a freaking masterpiece but I wouldn't know; and ultimately the director is to blame. Unless this did good back in the days. It must have came out around the time of Disney's Tarzan animated film.

Disney screwed up big time by including a line from the narrator in the film about "don't worry, none of the people die, they just get boo boos" and then DID NOT make the same statement around a scene involving beating up on a lion. BAD FORM DISNEY. There was also a fight scene that was unnecessarily violent and long. The one scene catching George out of his clothes was cute and nothing showed, but it was done in a way that made it clear he was really naked, one more thing knocking it off the list for children under I'd say the age of 13 or 14.

This is a film that marked the generation that had 10 to 16 when it opened in theaters. Unquestionably fun from beginning to end, is one of the best family films that Disney did at the end of the century, out of the animation field. This is obviously a film partially spent in a jungle with a man, George, who is literally clumsy version of Tarzan. Made to play and laugh a lot, the film is full of funny moments and even the bad guy, Lyle Van de Groot (played by Thomas Haden Church) is the most humorous I've seen, even in films of this kind.The involvement of actors is very good, but the spotlight go to Brendan Fraser, who played the main character in an absolutely brilliantly. Leslie Mann gave life to the little girl, Ursula, whom George predictably falls. She also had an inspired interpretation, and even his shrill voice gave a hand in the creation of the character, which is a rich and spoiled girl. John Cleese, one of the greats of the current mood, excellent as was voiced Ape, a monkey gifted with a very human intelligence. Thomas Haden Church also did not disappoint the audience, eager to laugh.

Those who know me know I HATE stupid comedy. I must admit that I watched this movie simply because B. Fraser starred in it: I have a long-standing crush on the man.I knew, going into it, that it'd be a silly movie with dull humor. Still, I was pleasantly surprised.The humor is dry and stupid most of the time, but the storyline makes up for it. And, as I recall from my childhood, George was always a bit dimwitted anyway. So I could deal with the stupidity of the movie and enjoy it for what it was--a child's film with adult undertones.And Brendan Fraser in a loincloth......need I say more?