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BRENDAN FRASER, who stars in the title role of “George of the Jungle,” gets literary with one of his jungle broth
ers.
Live-action ‘George’ has cartoon feel
GEORGE from page 8
wrestling a hungry lion. (Note: not
just wrestling, but professionally
wrestling, complete with elbow
drops and clotheslines. The only
thing missing was Hulk Hogan and
the NWO).
Yep, she’s smitten. She complete
ly loses interest in self-absorbed,
brainless blonde Lyle (Thomas
Haden Church), but George isn’t sure
how to express his feelings. He seeks
advice from Ape (voiced by John
Cleese) on how to make Ursula his
mate, which leads to one of the most
hilarious moments in the film.
Everything follows like a weekly
cartoon, straight out of “Rocky and
Bullwinkle,” complete with the char
acters interacting with the overly-dra
matic narrator.
Naturally, George ends up back in
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the big city with Ursula, where the
movie then runs the “Crocodile
Dundee” gambit of fish-out-of-water
gags, but the campy attitude towards
it all still keeps the laughter fairly
fresh and full, but still drags a bit.
Both the laughs and George do
their best work in the same place -
the jungle.
The entire film is a live-action
cartoon, complete with sound effects
and outrageous antics and reactions
from both people and beasts. The
bumps George takes from beginning
to end are sure to make even the
toughest of craniums wince in pain.
Fraser is absolutely incredible in
a role requiring an intense amount of
physical comedy, as well as some
training (rumor has it that, while
other scenes were being filmed,
Fraser was working out eight hours a
day to get the musclebound bod for
the flick).
The Facts
Title: “Geoge of the Jungle”
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann.
Thomas Haden Church, John Clesse
Director: Sam Weisnam
Rating: PG
Grade: B+
Five Words: Laugh after laugh after
laugh...
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John Cleese also walks away with
some great moments in the film, and
perhaps one of the best showtune
numbers to ever close out a film.
(Sinatra would have been proud but
Paul Anka may have a quibble or
two.)
Fun for young or old grab a vine
and swing in for “George of the
Jungle.”
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