Mighty Joe Young (1998)

5.5	Rating (313 ratings)
5.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Ron Underwood

Starring (View all)

Charlize Theron
Jill Young

Bill Paxton
Gregg O'Hara

Rade Serbedzija
Strasser

Peter Firth
Garth

David Paymer
Harry Ruben

Regina King
Cecily Banks

Robert Wisdom
Kweli

Naveen Andrews
Pindi

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Merian C. Cooper
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Ruth Rose
(earlier screenplay)

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An average movie

11 years, 4 months ago at Jan 7 9:12

johanlefourbe

Nowadays, Disney is pretty much ruling the box-office with their live-action fairy tales, Pixar, Marvel and soon Star Wars but some of their other features, especially their live action features like this one, usually used to tank pretty bad at the box-office. With this in mind, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Charlize Theron, I thought I might as w... read more

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1 year, 1 month ago at Apr 22 4:03

mazardeus

This is a beautiful and touching family movie that critiques poaching, and highlights some of the gun culture problems and use of deadly force amongst the police system.

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After Mighty Joe Young is brought to America for safety reasons, he escapes and rampages through Hollywood, spurred by tormentors out for revenge.

Release date: 25 December 1998
UPC: 717951001641

Tags: Drama (6), Family (5), 1998 (5), (4), Adventure (4), Hunter (3), Remake (3), Animal (3), 1990s (3), Blockbuster (3), Hollywood (2), Animal Attack (2), Gate (2), Helicopter (2), Exploitation (2), Human Sacrifice (2), Blood (2), Impalement (2), Simian Fiction (2), Police (2)

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