Kangaroo Jack made $21,895,483 this week making it #1 at the box office. I thought this movie would last 2 weeks in the theaters at most. This is a sad day for America.
You guys better watch out...somebody might yell "Free Posts" and this thread might blow up!!! As for the movie, I haven't seen it, but it looks like it would be entertaining to the fifteen and under crowd. And all parents know how convincing "Mommie/Daddy take me to the movies, Mommie/Daddy take me to the movies..., Mommie/Daddy take me to the movies..., Mommie/Daddy take me to the movies..., Mommie/Daddy take me to the movies..., Mommie/Daddy take me to the movies" can be. Blame it on the kids!
My 4-year old is making me take him to see Kangaroo Jack today. It probably is doing so well because there are only a couple movies out now that are suitable for children. I'll let everyone know how bad it sucks when I get back.
I want to take my son to see it so I can hear him say how silly the movie is and laugh together about it!
First rule of movie viewing. If you hear or read any description of ANY movie with the words "wacky", "kooky" or "zany" in it, stay away at all costs...
You obviously don't socialize with enough people. Isn't "Movie about talking kung-fu cgi kangaroo #1 at box office" the 4th sign of the Apocalypse?
A long standing belief that I have held near and dear to me for the past 25 years... "People are inherently stupid." Think about it, it's true.
Critics Report Card Overall Grade: D+ SOURCE BRIEF REVIEW GRADE* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "This is the sort of movie that makes you wonder if the right-wing zealots who blame Hollywood for everything might have a point." more... D+ Chicago Tribune Loren King "...will satisfy only the most indiscriminate teens." more... D+ Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk "...parents looking for some weekend fun with the little ones can safely steer clear of Kangaroo Jack." more... D- E! Online "...horribly formulaic..." more... C- Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...a desert of shrill juvenile jokes and clanging chase sequences." more... D filmcritic.com Aaron Lazenby "...missing the spirit of adventure or joy of a good children's film and lacking the comic sophistication necessary to make it interesting for grown ups." more... C- Hollywood Reporter David Hunter "...can be added to the shortlist of serviceable, better-than-you-expect comedies released in the usually grim-for-new-releases month of January." more... B- Los Angeles Times Jan Stuart "... 88 minutes of desperate gyrations intended to simulate humor." more... F New York Post Lou Lumenick "... a dumb, by-the-numbers children's movie..." more... C- New York Times A.O. Scott "...tiresome high jinks." more... D- People Leah Rozen "No need to hop to it." more... D+ San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer "...lame..." more... D Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...witless..." more... D USA Today Mike Clark "Young children will like the hubbub and probably the flatulence..." more... C Did anyone watch Conan O'Brian the other night? He was doing a bit where he would show 4 pieces of subject matter then would show how they all tie together. One was: Greed.... Arrogance.... Stupidity.... Kangaroo Jack Answer: Reasons why foreigners hate Americans.
Actually, I have heard that the movie is quite crude and adult-oriented, despite the appearance to the contrary. I find that even more despicable that they would play the previews towards the kid crowd when it is really not a movie aimed at them.
"Naturalist Jessie (Estella Warren), an Outback pro outfitted in Eddie Bauer chic, is a welcome presence in this witless escapade." At least there is something worth having to sit thru this with my kids!
The movie does have a mob twist to it. That has been stated so I don't know if they were marketing it towards kids.
