Rotten
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.
Brian Lowry, Variety
Congo
Where you are the endangered species.
1995 · 1h 49m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Frank Marshall
Overview
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk.
Director and cast
- Frank Marshall Director
- Laura Linney as Dr. Karen Ross
- Dylan Walsh as Dr. Peter Elliot
- Ernie Hudson as Captain Munro Kelly
- Tim Curry as Herkermer Homolka
- Grant Heslov as Richard
- Joe Don Baker as R.B. Travis
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Kahega
- Lorene Noh as Amy
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Moira
- Misty Rosas as Amy the Gorilla
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Dreadfully muddled, but mildly diverting.
Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Rotten
This glib, overheated film about vicious primates delivers little suspense...
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
The entire tone of the book has been transformed from tension to tongue-in-cheek with dismal results.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
A movie that appears to have been designed first as a future theme park, and then as a major motion-picture.
Lucy Mohl, Film.com
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