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Mighty Joe Young

1998 · 114 min

A big-hearted creature adventure that mixes gentle warmth with poacher thrills and a splashy amusement-park climax.

Tagline
Survival is an instinct.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • grief
  • revenge
  • nature
Places
  • wilderness
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour4
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
adventure, family, action, fantasy
Directed by
Ron Underwood
Written by
Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Starring
Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Šerbedžija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Robert Wisdom, Naveen Andrews
Music
James Horner
Cinematography
Oliver Wood, Donald Peterman
Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Swahili, English

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