Scientist Karen Ross is sent by her father-in-law, mogul R.B. Travis, to the Congo to determine the whereabouts of his son's missing diamond-hunting team. Tagging along is an primatologist taking a trained gorilla back to the wild and a Romanian treasure hunter.
1960, Singapore
28 November 1923, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
22 September 1952, Istanbul, Turkey
17 December 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
19 April 1946, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK
25 December 1946, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
9 September 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 August 1967, Islington, London, England, UK
12 September 1951, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
18 November 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK
21 September 1953, USA
5 February 1964, New York City, New York, USA
February 05, 2017
The lackluster adventure film misses out on most of the thrills from the Michael Crichton 1980 bestseller.
May 20, 2003
This glib, overheated film about vicious primates delivers little suspense...
February 13, 2001
The entire tone of the book has been transformed from tension to tongue-in-cheek with dismal results.
June 17, 2008
Feels as if the picture were edited to leave the action sequences in while removing any connecting material that might have helped them make sense.
January 01, 2000
A splendid example of a genre no longer much in fashion, the jungle adventure story.
July 17, 2014
You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a movie that ticks more of the boxes for a perfect storm of So Bad It's Perfect.
October 18, 2008
It's fairly ridiculous (the apes are clearly people in suits), but it's light and brisk and fun, with a nice open-air feel.
September 21, 2014
I love it because it's good, and yet so bad it's good.
April 09, 2016
A goofy mess whose screws aren't loose, but missing entirely.
June 17, 2008
Revel in the sheer insanity and unique humor of this cracking jungle adventure.
February 09, 2006
Dreadfully muddled, but mildly diverting.
January 01, 2000
A movie that appears to have been designed first as a future theme park, and then as a major motion-picture.
