A lost baby who was raised by an ape, George has grown up to be a big, strong, and clumsy King of the Jungle. But when an heiress on safari stumbles into George’s habitat, he is swept of his feet. With the help of a talking ape named Ape, and Shep his big grey peanut-loving poochy, George embarks on a great adventure to win the heart of his true love.
Based on and extravagantly taking the piss out of the tale of Tarzan, George of the Jungle is a film that I remember watching when I was a child. Watching it again as an adult, I will admit that it really is so fantastically stupid and overdone, but it still makes me laugh and I just love it.
A lost baby who was raised by an ape, George has grown up to be a big, strong, and clumsy King of the Jungle. But when a San Francisco heiress on safari stumbles into his habitat, he is swept off his feet… literally. With the help of a talking ape named Ape and his big, grey, peanut-loving Poochy, Shep, George embarks on an epic adventure, braving lions, poachers, a mean fiancé, and even meaner parents, to win the heart of his true love.
George of the Jungle came out at a time when all these little Disney un-animated films were all the rage and it’s as heart-warming and memorable as Short Circuit, The Neverending Story, and Cool Runnings. The major difference with George of the Jungle is that it focused a lot more on cramming every kind of comedy in existence into the space of eighty-eight minutes. The film begins with a little crudely animated prequel with the film’s theme song being played over the top, a lot like some animated TV shows of the 90s. From there, the entire film is a classic fast-paced blur of slapstick, smart aleck, toilet, verbal, and physical humour, using silly, but very funny verbal aids such as the narrator who speaks with a lot of alliteration, and dubbed-over jungle calls.
Nothing makes sense from the talking ape to the Jungle King’s tree house, which is more of a resort, but you’re too busy giggling at the slapstick comedy to bother fretting about minor details such as these.
Starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Hayden Church, Richard Roundtree, Greg Cruttwell, Abaham Benrubi, and featuring the voice of John Cleese, George of the Jungle is a stupid but classic safari spoof that’s filled with action, adventure, memorable characters, comedy, and romance. Oh, and look forward to rolling your eyes at the clichéd Lion King sample! It’s so overdone, but you cannot help but laugh.
George, George, George of the Jungle strong as he can be. Aaaaaagh! Watch out for that tree!
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