Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is successful in the world of New York commodities trading. He plans to marry high fashion high maintenance girlfriend Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich) but first, he must get a divorce from his estranged wife Patricia (JoBeth Williams). Patricia is presently living with natives in the jungle and she shocks him by revealing that they had a son in 13-year-old Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington). He reluctantly allows Mimi-Siku to go back to NY with him. It's a tough transition especially with the boy's pet spider. The kid falls for Michael's high strung co-worker Richard Kempster (Martin Short)'s daughter (Leelee Sobieski).I like nobody and they are all annoying to some degree. The worst is Short but his wackiness is not unexpected. By himself, he could be written off as a bad sidekick. The problem is that Michael is unlikeable and sadly the kid is not much better. While the dad's idiocy fits the premise, it's the boy who is the most disappointing. He should be a likeable fish out of water character. He could have a nice puppy love romance with Karen as she teaches him the ways of the city and he teaches her the nobility of jungle living. Instead, he's more of a brat especially with his pet spider and he does it all with that goofy smile. I don't like the coffee trade subplot. I don't know anything about the French original but it sounds even worst. This is misguided at its core.

Jungle 2 Jungle (1997): Dir: John Pasquin / Cast: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Jobeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, Sam Huntington: Remake of Little Indian, Big City referring to different backgrounds such as Tim Allen from the city and his discovery of a son he never knew he had from the jungle. He wanders off to the jungle wondering why his wife hasn't signed divorce paper and ends up taking his son back to the city. This boy can kill flies with a blowgun, kill birds with arrows, and he has a craving for cat. Lame subplot involves Allen and Martin Short selling coffee and the trouble brought on by Russians. Not director John Pasquin's best moment. He previously directed Allen in the much better and certainly more creative The Santa Clause. The film grows tiresome with Allen going along with an idiotic charade. Short wasted as Allen's moron partner. JoBeth Williams plays Allen's ex-wife whose function is pretty much straight forward. Lolita Davidovich plays his current girlfriend who is frightened off by a spider while the kid urinates on her plants. Sam Huntington as Tim Allen's son is the biggest idiot character in the film and it is unfortunate that Huntington is shamed with this embarrassment. The whole theme regarding raising healthy children is bogus within the cheap farce that this film becomes. It is a juvenile comedy at its worst that should be taken out with a blow gun and buried. Score: 1 / 10

Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a wealthy commodity broker in New york City. But after wanting to marry his girlfriend, he must divorce his old wife living in Brazil. After traveling to Brazil he finds out that he has a son who has been raised in an Indian tribe. Deciding to bond with the boy, he brings back Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington) to New York and that's were the fun begins. Nimi-Siku learns to adapt to the city, finds fun in climbing on the buildings, and living with his father calling him 'Bamboo'. it is a good family bonding film with some fine acting by Tim Allen in his one of his earliest comedy roles. Sam Huntington is very funny and mostly on accident in seeing a fish out of water story. You'll laugh and you'll really enjoy the fun presented in this family bonding story.Jungle 2 Jungle. Starring: Tim Allen, Sam Huntington, Leelee Sobieski, and Martin Short.3 1/2 out of 5 Stars.

Sam Huntington is excellent in his first role. (He was cut from his first move, 'Boys'.) His wide-eyed innocence brought what charm there is in this movie. His expressions are endearing, and charming. Mimi-Siku wears his loin cloth on the airplane, in downtown New York City, and in offices of his new-found father, undaunted by his exposure. Thankfully they did not portray these activities as embarrassing to Mimi. It is Sam who makes this movie worth watching.His propensity to urinate wherever he chose brought a sense of innocence to the movie, but I would have thought his 'father' would have given him proper instructions earlier.Tim Allen is his usual self: uncaring, distant, self-centered and a huge ego. The only reason young Mimi-Siku seems love his new-found father can only be attributed to the fact that he has probably dreamed of someday meeting his father. Michael, Tim' character, is truly unlikable, especially when compared to the total liability of Mimi. I was disappointed in the end of the movie; it could have been better, but it left the possibility to the viewer, however, overall, this is a charming movie.