Mighty Joe Young (1998) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 25, 1998
Genre:	Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action, Family
Director:	Ron Underwood
Writer:	Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Ruth Rose, Merican C. Cooper
Cast:	Mika Boorem, Cory Buck, Liz Georges, Richard Riehle, Linda Purl, Lawrence Pressman, Geoffrey Blake, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija, Regina King, Peter Firth, Naveen Andrews, David Paymer, Robert Wisdom, Christian Clemenson, Bill Paxton
Studio:	Walt Disney Pictures
Running Time:	115 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG for some menacing action, violence and mild language

On a farm in the heart of Africa, a gentle young girl named Jill Young lives happily with her orphaned playmate Joe, a Tanzanian gorilla. As the years cultivate the extraordinary bond between these two unlikely friends, Jill marvels not at Joe's gargantuan 15-foot-tall physique, rather it is Joe's benevolent temperament and capacity to love that astounds her the most. It is only when Joe is brought to civilization that he learns to regard the...

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The biggest problem about Mighty Joe Young is that Mighty Joe might be too smart for his own good. And the movie definitely isn't. Plagued by trite lines and an even more overused plot, Mighty Joe Young only manages to boast about a fun little sequence in Los Angeles, and that is about it. Full movie review »

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