Jungle 2 Jungle

"The big city is about to get a little savage."

Mar 7 1997 PG 1h 45m
Comedy, Family

Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.

Plot

Michael Cromwell is a successful albeit self-absorbed commodities broker who wants to marry his new girlfriend, but to do that he has to divorce his ex-wife who has spent several years living among South American Indians. When he travels there to obtain the divorce papers, he discovers he has a teenage son, who accompanies him back to America to learn the ways of the urban jungle.

Written by

Hervé Palud, Thierry Lhermitte, Igor Aptekman

Directed by

John Pasquin

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production, Walt Disney Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
26,569
Average Rating
5.2 out of 10
Metascore
42
Popularity
NA