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✗ SKIP — Not worth it
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Mighty Joe Young

1998 · 1h 54m · Adventure, Family, Action, Fantasy

IMDb 5.7 Metacritic 51 RT 55%

Skip it tonight unless you've got kids in tow. This is a perfectly harmless family adventure with a giant gorilla and eco-conscious messaging, but it's purely by-the-numbers stuff that won't stick with you—there are way better giant-creature films and emotional animal stories out there for your time.

Plot

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.

Director: Ron Underwood

Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Šerbedžija, Peter Firth, David Paymer

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