If it had been released in a different era, Jungle 2 Jungle - a movie about a rich white man trying to prevent a kid raised in a remote Amazonian village from attempting to kill and consume every animal he sees in the big city - would have triggered a thinkpiece avalanche.
But this was 1997. Nobody was going to question Tim Allen, a bona fide box office king thanks to his smart-alecky schtick and shit-eating grin. The sitcom stalwart and Disney company man stars alongside a debuting Sam Huntington, who is asked to spend way more time in a loincloth than any 13-year-old should.
As desperate in its broadly telegraphed comedy as it is prescient about films with subplots about pushy reality TV crews, Jungle 2 Jungle is a prime example of one of our favorite genres: the dad-venture. So please, put down your satellite phone and try to refrain from talking about the commodities market long enough to stop disappointing your estranged son.
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
Directed by John Pasquin
Produced by Richard Baker and Brad Krevoy
Written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon
Based on the film Un indien dans la ville
Starring Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, David Ogden Stiers, and Sam Huntington
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