Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
When Mighty Joe Young first reached screens in 1949, nearly everyone recognized it as an attempt to re-create the magic and mystique of King Kong ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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Review: Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young " is an energetic, robust adventure tale: not too cynical, violent or fragmented for kids, not too tame for adults. ...
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert - 12/25/98
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King Kong as Little Boy With Elephant Memory
The NY Times review of Mighty Joe Young, a Ron Underwood film starring Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton. Mighty Joe Young movie trailer, showtimes, ...
The New York Times - Stephen Holden - 12/25/98
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He's Big, But Just a Regular Joe / `Mighty' fun gorilla remake
Starring Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron. Directed by Ron Underwood. (PG. 114 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) `Mighty Joe Young'' is a mighty fun ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Peter Stack - 12/25/98
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Review: MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
Beauty brings down the beast again in this remake of the 1949 girl and her monkey movie. Stunning Jill Young (Charlize Theron), the daughter of a ...
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
The 1949 original remained unseen by myself while walking into "Mighty Joe Young," the big-budget Disney remake, which was probably a good thing ...
TheMovieBoy.com - Dustin Putman - 12/28/98
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MIGHTY JOE YOUNG Film Review
Finally, a family film that really can be enjoyed by the whole family. It's not dumbed down for kids. It's not full of double entendres pandering ...
Boxoffice Online - Mike Kerrigan
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Review: Mighty Joe Young
A shameless attempt to repeat the success of King Kong, RKO's 1949 Mighty Joe Young scaled down the size of the primate, made him more friendly ...
Empire Online - Ian Freer
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Review: Mighty Joe Young
If it were, say 1974, Disney would have made this monkey movie with Kurt Russell and Tuesday Weld in the leads, with Tim Conway as the head of the ...
Film Threat - Ron Wells - 12/28/98
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Mighty Joe Young - Family Movie Review
Disney, the king of "Orphan Openings," has put this trusted technique to double use in Mighty Joe Young, when the mother of a baby gorilla and the ...
Grading the Movies - Rod Gustafson
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Review: Mighty Joe Young
I'm beginning to get fed up. Over my four years as a critic, the thing which has kept me going is the moderate balance of films. ...
FilmCritic.com - James Brundage
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
The original MIGHTY JOE YOUNG was something of a disappointment for me. I think that was because from about age six on one of my favorite films ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Mark R Leeper - 12/30/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Sherbedgia, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Robert Wisdom, Naveen Andrews, Lawrence Pressman, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Edward Johnson-ott - 12/21/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Sherbedgia, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King. Screenplay: Mark Rosenthal & Lawrence Konner. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Scott Renshaw - 12/20/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, David Paymer, Regina King, Rade Sherbedgia, Mika Boorem, Linda Purl, Naveen Andrews. 1998 - 110 minutes. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Dustin Putman - 12/30/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Cast: Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, David Paymer, Regina King, Naveen Andrews Screenplay: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner Producers: Ted Hartley, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Nathaniel R. Atcheson - 01/13/99
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
The title character of "Mighty Joe Young," who could serve as a model for a Rogaine commercial, is handsomer than the Frankenstein monster and is ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Harvey S. Karten - 12/18/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
If you find those irritating car burglar alarms that go off for no reason whatsoever to be the equivalent of fingernails across a blackboard, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Steve Rhodes - 12/21/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
The most absurd remake of 1998? It sa toss up between Gus Van Sant s Psycho and Mighty Joe Young, the new Disney picture based on the old RKO ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Bill Chambers - 12/30/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Stars: Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, regina King, Naveen Andrews, Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Greg King - 04/11/99
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Apart from the cute RKO symbol at the start of the film, there's no surprises in this new Disney film. 'Mighty Joe' happens to be a giant ape, ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - David Wilcock - 03/28/99
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
They've remade King Kong, they've remade Godzilla, now Hollywood has set their sights on another giant animal from years past: Mighty Joe Young. ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Matt Williams - 05/16/99
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
In the finale of Disney's "Mighty Joe Young," a 15-foot tall, 2000-pound gorilla holds a frightened young boy in its clutches as it topples from a ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - David N. Butterworth - 01/13/99
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Before every movie shown in Greater Los Angeles movie theatres, a commercial for the _Los_Angeles_Times_ plays. One such ad from a few years back ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Michael Dequina - 12/25/98
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Review: Mighty Joe Young (1998)
While most remakes in Hollywood don't make any sense, some show at least signs of intelligent reasoning in major studio offices that green-lighted ...
rec.arts.movies.reviews - Dragan Antulov - 10/18/04
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