Jungle 2 Jungle Movie Review 1996

Remake of French farce released as "Little Indian, Big City," changes little of the "wild child" premise. Workaholic Wall Streeter Michael Cromwell (Allen) decides to finalize the divorce from his long-estranged doctor wife, Patricia (Williams), who happens to have been ministering to a tribe in the Amazon rain forest for many years. He gets more than the divorce when he meets the 13-year-old son, Mimi-Siku (Huntington), he never knew he had. Although the boy speaks English, he's been raised as a tribal native, which causes quite a culture shock when he returns with Michael to the jungles of Manhattan. Of course the kid's more than a match for any situation.

Distribution

Walt Disney Home Video, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, Phone: (818)265-6500, URL: http://disney.store.go.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Stolen from France, Going Native, Dads, New York, New York, Parenthood, Family Comedy

Screenplay

Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon

Cast

Tim Allen, Sam Huntington, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita (David) Davidovich, David Ogden Stiers, Bob (Robert) Dishy, Valerie Mahaffey, Leelee Sobieski, Luis Avalos, Frankie J. Galasso

Cinematography

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Director

John Pasquin

Music

Michael Convertino

Producer

Brian Reilly, Richard Baker, Brad Krevoy, Walt Disney Pictures, TF-1 Films, Buena Vista