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Congo

Adventure. Action. Sci-Fi. Fantasy An expedition to a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa unexpectedly brings primatologist Peter Elliot and Travicom Project Supervisor Karen Ross to a place where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. Unlikely partners, Peter is the guardian of Amy, a remarkable gorilla he wants to return to the wild, while Karen has been sent inland to retrieve rare diamonds needed for new communications technology. In a search for ... [+]
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United States
USA Today
"As in "Arachnophobia", director Frank Marshall can't decide whether he's making a thriller or a laff-it-up lark."
United Kingdom
Empire
"What begins as mildly intriguing stuff with some genuinely unsettling moments, quickly melts into a plot so confusing that it almost begins to look as though the editor was taking some mind-altering substance"
United States
Chicago Sun-Times
"The result is not a movie that is very good, exactly, but it's entertaining and funny"
United States
The Washington Post
"As if aware that Congo is the least interesting adventure ever filmed, screenwriter John Patrick Shanley tries to inoculate the activities with humor." 
United States
Chicago Reader
"I don't know the novel, but judging from the script by Crichton and John Patrick Shanley, this must be scraping the bottom of the Crichton barrel"
United States
Los Angeles Times
"Not only have bothersome plot changes been made, but the entire tone of the book has been transformed from tension to tongue-in-cheek with dismal results."
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