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George of the Jungle 2

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Lets face it, no one expects a cinamatic masterpiece with "George of the Jungle" either 1 0r 2. They are based on a dumb but funny cartoon. So those people who expect something terrific are handicaping themselves from having a good time. It is nothing more than a cartoon done with humans and some CGI. Face it, any film with a sarcastic narrator lets the audience know exactly what type of film they will be watching.

The cast is just fine. It doesn't matter that there are new actors for George and Ursala. They are both very good in the roles. Anyone expecting an Oscar winning performance needs serious therapy. Christopher Showerman gives life to the stilted dialogue and is a perfect George. To play it differently would be to deny the character. The dialogue is also a satiric take off on that of the Tarzan films - "You Jane - me Tarzan".

There are many "inside" jokes in the film. One very funny bit is that evil lion who wants to become King, is standing on a recreation of Pride Rock from "Lion King", the whole scene is a take off on that part of "Lion King". There are many other such items that make the film really fun for the adult with the ability to recognize them.

Not a "great" film, but certainly a fun 90 minutes.

My three year old got this for Christmas and loves it. Don't expect a cinematic masterpiece. It's kind of corny but it's a cute movie. Lots of talking animals, colorful scenery, action, one liners that 3yr olds will like to repeat... "Eat fur jungle boy". I agree with an earlier reviewer that Jr. doesn't get enough screen time. It took me a little while to get used to the new George, but I think he's just as good as the first one, and equally as hubba hubba.

The first George of the Jungle was so silly, it was kind of cute and at times funny, helped by Brendan Frazer, this sequel, minus Frazer,is so silly it is actually unwatchable.
Any comedy whether silly or not should have an absolute minimum, to be funny, and George of the Jungle 2 is actually every word you can think of but the F word.
After 15 minutes of listening to the very annoying narrative talking about the old movie, the new movie, Disney etc...you want to give up watching movies altogether and watch CNN!!(this is how bad it is)
Even the delightfully charming and pretty Julie Benz could not save an awful direction and script.
If you like silly comedies,and want the F back in films then the market is full of well made and very funny examples, like Top Secret,Naked Gun, and the classic Carry On Up the Jungle (an all time favorite of mine), but trust me this film should be avoided at all costs!

While not as good as the first one, GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2 still made me laugh. Director David Grossman keeps the cartoonish feel of the animated series and Christopher Showerman impersonates Brendan Fraser just fine. His opening explanation for why Brendan isn't in the movie is funny; in fact, most of the "narrative voiceovers" by Keith Scott add a lot of fun to the film. Julie Benz replaces Leslie Mann as Ursula, and she did a good job in playing the "second banana" to Showerman. Christina Pickles is fun as Ursula's Mom and Thomas Haden Church must be baffled himself that he's an Oscar nominee considering his one-note performance in the two films, but he fits the role. Voices of John Cleese and Michael Clarke Duncan add some fun as well. Kids will love it, although there is some sexual innuendo and scatological overkill, but I admit they made me laugh...and that's what a silly film like GOTJ2 should do!

George of the Jungle 2 was released by Walt Disney Home Video in 2003. This movie is in color and has a running time of 87 min. The director for this movie is David Grossman(third).
Even without Brendan Fraser, Disney produced a funny movie the whole family can enjoy. In the beginning of the movie there were a couple of tongue in cheek references to Brendan Fraser's absence. Christopher Showerman is the new George of the Jungle and he proved he can be just as funny as Brendan Fraser was. Ursula, portrayed by Julie Benz, is confused as to whether she will ever become first in George's life. In turn George worries that Ursula isn't happy about living in the jungle. An opportunity to take Ursula and their son, portrayed by Angus T. Jones, to the states arises. This is a good family movie with various parodies.

Ok, so the basic movie really is dificult to sit through, unless you don't mind looking at Christopher Showerman and his incredible body. Chris trained months and months to perfect his body and how beautiful it is! Imagine this George swinging into your living room or finding a guy like this living in the jungle. Would you ever want to leave?! It's Disney, it's light and silly entertainment but serious for fans of Christopher Showerman and fans of body building. Thanks Chris for giving us motivation in the gym!

This has to be the worst movie I have ever seen. We all loved the first one, but hoped at least my children would enjoy this second one, and it was so pathetic, my little boy turned it off, and asked if he could put it in the trash! Sorry to be so gloom about it, but need to save someone their money.

George of the Jungle 2 is the 2003 Disney direct-to-DVD sequel to the hilarious 1998 orginal and based on the classic 1960's animated cartoon series. Christopher Showerman makes his film acting debut as the new George(replacing Brendan Fraser), also starring John Cleese(Fawlty Towers)as the voice of Ape, Michael Clark Duncan(Daredevil) as the voice of the Mean Lion, Julie Benz(Angel) as Ursula, a young Angus T. Jones(Two and a Half Men) as George Jr. and Thomas Haden Church(Spider-Man 3) as the evil Lyle. The film involves George, Ursula and George Jr. living peacefully in the jungle when word reaches to George that Ape has money troubles in Las Vegas and George, Shep and Tookie-Tookie heads to Nevada to help out. Meanwhile, Ursula's mom, Mrs. Stanhope(Christina Pickles)is devising a plan to get her daughter away from George with a little help from Lyle, and to make matters worse, there is an plan by the Mean Lion to overthrow George and make himself the new king. The special features includes deleted scenes, bloopers and a behind the scenes look of the film, as well as trailers for other Disney DVD favorites. George of the Jungle 2 is one of the funniest and one of the best Disney live-action DVD's yet.

Chistopher Showerman is worthy of watching this film,not merely handsome he is more for gorgius,beatiful adjectives.And he is funny,not a bad choice considering he is in the place that was of Brendan Fraser, a very versatil actor ,very talent one.I said to me when film started in Brazilian tv; hey this is not Brendan and a second later this was the first joke of this film .Not very special to see in theaters is as many movies a very good choice to see at home with all family.

Yes, it is a stupid movie but let's not forget that this was meant to be a stupid one. In that key it's pretty well done. Sure, don't watch it if you're in the mood for something deep and serious but if you just wish to spend some hour and half with no thinking or even laughing at sometimes, well, in this case it's OK. Most of kids love it indeed, as it was also for the previous part. And personally I liked half-naked Christopher Showerman as new George! :-)