Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson

Greed is bad, this simple morality tale from a Michael Crichton novel cautions. A megalomaniacal C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough ...( read more  read more... )and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?). When contact is lost with his son and the team, his sometime daughter-in-law is sent after them. She is a former CIA operative and, accompanied by gee-whiz gadgetry and a few eccentric characters (including a mercenary, a researcher with a talking gorilla, and a a nutty Indiana-Jones-type looking for King Solomon's Mines), sets out to rescue her former fiance. What they all discover is that often what we most want turns out to be the source of our downfall.

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41 critics

PG-13, 108 min.

Directed by: Frank Marshall

Release Date: June 9, 1995

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DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999

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  • September 14, 2009
    It's got talking Monkeys and Bruce Campbell in it, so it can't be bad! Unfortunately, it is. A bit of a guilty pleasure but not very good really.
  • April 5, 2009
    why does laura linney look exactly like helen hunt? forget congo... this is a conspiracy! anyone else noticed that? congo's a great adventure flick that i watched over and over again as a kid. hell, anything with tim curry in is good viewing for children! actually... scrap that.....( read more). unless you want your son to turn into a sweet transvestite
  • November 7, 2008
    This ONLY made it to a three star because of Ernie Hudson and Tim Curry's dialog. NOT BECAUSE OF FREAKING AMY! I hate that monkey...
  • July 11, 2008
    pretty entertaining movie about crazy killer monkeys who live in a castle and have lots of money
  • December 4, 2007
    No where near as good as the book is, but still a decent adaptation.
  • October 31, 2009
    didn't really care for it
  • October 28, 2009
    could have been better.
  • October 17, 2009
    Scared me when i first saw it.
  • August 29, 2009
    Cheese, cheese, and more cheese.... but some of the scenes with the gray gorillas had the ooooh, gross factor :) DVD.
  • August 18, 2009
    seen it as a kid way back when...

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A splendid example of a genre no longer much in fashion, the jungle adventure story. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

As you stand there with your $7, ask yourself, 'Do I really want to see a rubber gorilla smoke a cigar?' If necessary, ask yourself twice. full review

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  • jeremy78r
    April 12, 2007
    I always thought the plot description was supposed to be un-biased...

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  • He's the author whose books have been adapted into films such as "Jurassic Park", "Sphere", "Congo" and "Rising Sun". He also cowrote the screenplay for "Twister" and directed Sean Connery in "The Great Train Robbery".  Answer »
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