Kangaroo Jack

Kangaroo Jack (2003)

  • 8% of critics liked it
    (112 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (58,217 ratings)

Two low-level American crooks head to Australia, where they match wits with a kangaroo (who appears to have an intellectual edge on his pursuers) in this broad comedy. Charlie Carbone (Jerry O'Connell) is a hairdresser from Brooklyn whose best friend, Louis Booker (Anthony Anderson), scrapes… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Steve Bing, Scott Rosenberg
Genres
Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 17, 2003 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Bill Stamets, Chicago Reader

    Likable but negligible.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    Parents beware: this film is too crude, violent and offensive for younger viewers.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    Aussie-set comic fiasco.

  • Rex Reed, New York Observer

    It's 89 minutes of pure agony without a laugh in sight.

  • Joe McGovern, Village Voice

    Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has an unparalleled knack for assembling Z-grade talent, particularly when operating in family-fun mode.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    What a waste of time. Too dumb, too nonsense, too strong for a family entertaining picture, but probably in some decades this horrible thing could be rediscovery by others genarations and receive the title of a classic 'so bad that's good' cult following.

  • Directors C


    It has a few moments of great hilarity and Anderson in the supporting role is hilarious but the acting of everyone else is bad and it completely misses it's target audience. Kangaroo Jack is one of those stupid movies that try to suck it up to the parents by feeding them adult… More

  • Dean M


    Fine Ausralian-based, American-produced comedy about two best friends (Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson) lure on their adventures to the outback with a frisky kangaroo. Cool car chases and planet stunts frame kid-pleasing jokes: camel farts, ants in the pants, etc.

  • KJ P


    I don't know why people don't like it! I find it increadibly ammusing!

  • Conner R


    While it's not particularly good, it's a harmless movie. It has some shining moments every now and then, but it's a little to childish. This movie really had no audience, it's not a kids movie and it's definitely not for adults. It's just sort of a… More

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