Reception
Jungle 2 Jungle was the 7th highest grossing PG-rated movie of 1997, taking in about $59.9 million in the US.
Despite its modestly successful box office intake the film received very poor critical reviews. Roger Ebert, who deplored the original French version Little Indian, Big City during its release in the United States, confessed that he was hoping the Americanized remake would be better than the original French version due to it starring Tim Allen and Martin Short, whom he had somewhat admired as comedic actors. Ebert was sorely disappointed by the film however rewarding it only one star, a mild step from his original Zero Stars rating for Little Indian, Big City. On his television program, Siskel and Ebert, Ebert had said Jungle 2 Jungle was not as bad as Little Indian, Big City because it was "far too mediocre to be terrible." He also described it as "lamebrained, boring, predictable, long, and slow" and said while the French version was memorably bad Jungle 2 Jungle was "just forgettable". Ebert's colleague Gene Siskel mildly disagreed saying that he felt Jungle 2 Jungle was just as bad as Little Indian, Big City. He also said he felt embarrassed for Tim Allen and Martin Short as he felt they were used far better in other television programs and films. Siskel later went on to declare this as the worst film of 1997.
It currently holds a 20% "rotten" rating on the critical review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.
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