A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Leelee Sobieski
- Karen Kempster
- (as LeeLee Sobieski)
Storyline
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- TriviaAn entire day's worth of film was accidentally left in a New York City taxicab. The film was never recovered.
- GoofsIn the scene with the fish tank, the mother of the household refers to one of the fish as a "Poecilia latipinna" from the Amazon. Mimi-Siku agrees with her and even gives its native name. However, Poecilia latipinna, commonly known as the Sailfin Molly, actually comes from North Carolina down to Texas and the Yucatan Peninsula. Also, the fish in the tank are in fact Rift Valley cichlids from Africa.
- Quotes
Michael Cromwell: [showing Mimi how to use the toilet] Before you pee, you lift the seat; after you pee, you put the seat back down. Females in tribe start war over this. Many deaths.
- Crazy creditsAs the closing credits end, Mimi-Siku's voice is heard
- SoundtracksYou Can Do It
Written by Stanley A. Smith and Jilien Smith
Performed by The Sha-Shees (as The Sha Shees)
Featured review
Tim Allen made this film at the height of his fame,and this is probably one of his better films.
The story itself is pretty simple. Business man learns he has a son raised in the jungle and then has to adapt to the son living with him in the city.
Allen plays a similar sort of character to the one he did in 'The Santa Clause' and the film really plays to his strengths. Although he has tried to do more edgy films (Crazy on the outside, which was pretty poor) Allen has always produced his best work with Disney and with John Pasquin as director.
The film also features a not well explored relationship between Allen's character and his love interest but far more interesting is the chemistry between Allen and Martin Short. They play of each other so well that it makes you wonder what went so wrong when 9 years later they teamed up for 'The Santa Clause 3'.
Overall if you're looking for a good Tim Allen film then look no further.
The story itself is pretty simple. Business man learns he has a son raised in the jungle and then has to adapt to the son living with him in the city.
Allen plays a similar sort of character to the one he did in 'The Santa Clause' and the film really plays to his strengths. Although he has tried to do more edgy films (Crazy on the outside, which was pretty poor) Allen has always produced his best work with Disney and with John Pasquin as director.
The film also features a not well explored relationship between Allen's character and his love interest but far more interesting is the chemistry between Allen and Martin Short. They play of each other so well that it makes you wonder what went so wrong when 9 years later they teamed up for 'The Santa Clause 3'.
Overall if you're looking for a good Tim Allen film then look no further.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- De jungla a jungla
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $32,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $59,927,618
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,812,047
- Mar 9, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $59,927,618
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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