Mighty Joe Young

I've seen this film several times and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it each time. The performances from from Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton are excellent and the Special Effects are tremendous. The film has a relatively straightforward plot,... Full review

This is a wonderful family movie. Joe is so realistic looking you would think he really exists. Its funny, its adventurous, has some action, and also a tear-jerker. What more could you ask for in a movie? All this and... Full review

I remember when it came out, never got around to seeing it save for a bit on TV years later. I liked it fine after picking up the cheapie Walmart CD of this today. What works well: Mighty Joe, F/X and... Full review

At the start of the movie, Jill and her mother are having fun in Africa with the gorillas, and Jill's mother can't believe how big Joe is getting. She doesn't think it's Joe, in fact. Later, Jill's mother has to... Full review

A group of poachers kill a large gorilla and a female zoologist. The gorilla's baby escapes with the woman's orphaned baby and the two grow up together. Tears later the gorilla (Joe) and the girl (Jill) have grown up –... Full review

I can recall, though not very clearly, seeing the original 1949 version of "Mighty Joe Young" in the theater when I was a boy. The 1998 remake to me is better in every way. The special effects which place the... Full review

King Kong must be one of the greatest animals ever to grace to silver screen, he sure is the biggest primate to do this. But there is a good runner up: Joe. Once before filmed in 1956 also as `Mighty... Full review

This update of "Mighty Joe Young" features incredible visual effects. They are so seemlessly blended into the picture that Joe seems more than real.Bill Paxton is great as usual. In fact, most of the cast is pretty good. Charlize Theron... Full review

I was anxious to see this movie as I had seen the original in 1949 and I was not disappointed. This is one of those rare instances that a remake was okay. This originally was an RKO Radio Picture and... Full review

Mighty Joe Young is a big, big gorilla who gets time in L.A. escaping poachers who are after him in his home hill in Africa. This is a remake of a remake of King Kong (1933), which was made in... Full review

SCREENED AT THE 52ND SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Writer (and doctor) Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for Sherlock Holmes, the Baker Street detective who initially appeared in more than fifty stories and novels. ... Full Article

AM [49] ‰‰ Mighty Joe Young' ('98) Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton. A noble 15-foot gorilla rampages through Los Angeles. (2:00) 11 AM [67] ‰‰‰ Support Your Local Gunfighter' ('71) James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette. ... Full Article

Inventive and Thrilling Family Film Garunteed to Please!...MIGHTY JOE YOUNG tells the story of the title character, an abnormally large gorilla who is studied by Dr. Ruth Young and her young daughter Jill in the African wilderness. ... Full Article

Warner, unrated, multiple versions A blonde, an ape and a full plate for New York radio stations that tout "News at 11." Back story: Co-producer/directors Merian C. ... Full Article

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 nature preserve (then called zoos). ... Full Article