Cubussoli
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Megamind
To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Gutsycurene
Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
mrossman-89850
Really wish it was as good as the book. Good actors though.
SnoopyStyle
A team from a communication company is in Congo on an expedition. They discover a lost city and are massacred. Karen Ross (Laura Linney) is an ex-CIA agent and goes in search of the lost group. She and philanthropist Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry) fund an expedition of Dr. Peter Elliott (Dylan Walsh) and his assistant Richard (Grant Heslov) from Berkley. They have taught a gorilla named Amy how to sign and with a glove and computer backpack, she can speak. The group is joined by local guide Munro Kelly (Ernie Hudson). At the Lost City of Zinj, they are confronted with a species of gray gorillas.This is such an odd movie. It isn't quite quirky enough to be funny. Yet it can't be taken seriously especially with Amy around. It probably needs a comedian to do the comedy and I don't think Tim Curry is quite right. He's too weaselly. The action adventure doesn't really work because none of it seem real. The sets all look fake. I don't mind the gray gorilla group's look. They could look more menacing. Amy is too fake. She's intended as one of the lead characters but she doesn't look good enough. I might like it better if the movie fully embraced its campiness.
AaronCapenBanner
Based on Michael Crichton's novel, film is about a research/rescue team sent into the African Congo, and led by Dr. Karen Ross(Laura Linney) that includes Dr. Peter Elliot(Dylan Walsh) who has with him a talking gorilla(due to a new technology in her larynx). Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson play devious characters who are also along for the mission. They are sent to locate the first research team that had apparently located some large and pure diamonds that are worth a fortune to the company funding the expeditions. Complicating matters are the instability of the local government, and a rumored mythical race of apes said to live deep in the jungle. As it turns out, they are no myth...Lightweight adventure yarn is watchable to a point, but too silly and outlandish to succeed, though it remains innocuous.
tbills2
The movie Congo is hushedly giantly appealing; Congo's viewing is very attractive for some reasons. Congo has these beautiful landscapes with great 'geothermal' colors, first-class budgeted production effects, and an awesomely themed story about killer gorillas, silver, killer gorillas at that. People are profoundly interested in the great apes, curious to know their ways, how smart that they are, and if they're dangerous or not. Congo interests in that. Also, Congo's a gentle, unmalicious viewing which so helps in strengthening its gorier moments, and it's backed by a drastically popular novel, oh, and it has lava! All this, and what else, makes it very largely appealing. Ooo! Ooo! I know what else! The beautiful Laura Linney! I can't forget about her! She's, really like, perfect, for the part. This is Linney's great starring role in Congo. I think she knocked it out of the park. Laura is more infatuating in a leading role than she is in her supporting roles even. Once the team gets to the Congo, Congo starts getting better. If you're expecting some Hollywood blockbuster typical-type movie, you're not gonna get it here. Is it just me, or do gorilla suits look exactly like real gorillas?
