Krippendorf's Tribe Movie Review 1998

James Krippendorf (Dreyfuss), a widowed anthropology professor, returns from an expedition to New Guinea after squandering all his grant money on his kids. Since he didn't find the rare tribe he was sent there for, he makes up tribal stories based on his own kids. When skeptic Tomlin demands proof of his amazing discoveries, the Krippendorf clan and an over-eager colleague (Elfman) go native in front of the camera. Works best when at its silliest, and in fact, could have been a fun family film. Unfortunately, most of the humor is of the smutty variety, involving mating rituals, tribal sex toys, circumcision jokes, and so on.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Going Native, Jungle Stories, Strained Suburbia, Family Comedy

Screenplay

Charlie Peters

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Edward Smith, Stephen (Steve) Root, Elaine Stritch, Tom Poston, David Ogden Stiers, Lily Tomlin, Doris Belack, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Barbara Williams, Zakes Mokae, Carl Michael Lindner, Siobhan Fallon

Cinematography

Dean Cundey

Director

Todd Holland

Music

Bruce Broughton

Producer

Touchstone Pictures