Kangaroo Jack (Widescreen): Amazon.ca: DVD: DVD

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Stop that 'Roo! The chase is on when two bumbling Brooklyn buddies sent to deliver a $50,000 mob pay envelope cross paths with a hip-hopping prankster of a kangaroo who sprints off with the loot.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Fun FUN for slapstick lovers!, Feb 15 2004

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Doulos (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kangaroo Jack (Full Screen) (DVD)

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This hits the top of the laugh meter!

Great family fun for all ages over 5!

Don't pay any attention to the Amazon.com Editorial Review. The movie is very clever and worthwhile if you like slapstick.

Summary:
A quick paced action comedy about a modern Abbott (Charlie - Jerry O'Connell) and Costello (Louis - Anthony Anderson) duet who bumble themselves from Brooklyn to Australia to deliver $50,000 of mob money - not knowing it's a one way trip!

Good quick script dialog and action keeps the movie going with no slow period.

O'Connell and Anderson really have great on-screen comedic chemistry. I have to believe they will be doing a lot more together.

Story:
Of course, these two city-slicker bumbler best friends lose $50,000 in a jacket now worn by a kangaroo, have two sets of mobsters who want to finish them off, and are "fish-out-of-water" lost in the outback trying to find Kangaroo Jack with the help of a beautiful and charming naturalist (Estella Warren).

Laugh-o-meter:

Off the charts!

My handicapped daughter Rebecca still splits her sides watching this one! She loves it at night after her homework, at the clinic during her therapies, and any other time she can get it! And, the slapstick is still funny!

Rebecca is exceptionally clever with a good mature slapstick sense of humor - even if she's only 8!

Our other kids really liked the movie too!

Kids Warning:

There is potty humor here... but it is in the Australian vernacular that kids cannot understand. The violence is really slapstick kind of stuff, even though the main protagonists are in mortal danger. No one gets shot, but there are a couple of punches thrown.

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1.0 out of 5 stars this has a price tag?!?!?!?!?!?!?, July 12 2004

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the mook (brooklyn, ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kangaroo Jack (Widescreen) (DVD)

let me get this straight....a kangaroo is beating up and out smarting humans(ok,jack is only dealing with oconnell and anderson)???????this junk should be included in some buy 1 movie get this one free deal.

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Most Surprising Entertainers of 2003!, May 30 2004

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nina "Movie Maiden" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kangaroo Jack (Full Screen) (DVD)

When this film came out in theaters I thought it looked too darn silly. Tonight I saw it on Cinemax for the first time and found it very entertaining and funny. The commercial advertisement for the movie did cheat. They made it seem like Kangaroo Jack would be talking all through the film. It turned out he only talked in Charlie's ( Jerry O' Connell ) dream. This film is a very new approach to comedy. You don't get the cliched formula of most buddy films. Unlike other actors who've tackled the buddy films, ( Eddie Murphy & Owen Wilson, Chris Tucker & Charlie Sheen, Skeet Ulrich & Cuba Gooding Jr. ), Anthony Anderson and Jerry O'Connell are the only two I've seen with TRUE chemistry since the good old days of Pryer and Wilder. Both actors are hilarious in their roles. There are a few plot holes when it comes to the criminals in the end but this film is so entertaining you won't care if it gets a little unbelievable. You'll just want to go along with the ride. I strongly recommend this for comedy lovers and fun films for the family. Enjoy! Good clean fun!

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