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I wasn't sure whether I would like Mighty Joe Young. I did see it once with my family beforehand and didn't think much of it. When I did decide to give it a chance again, I am glad I did. I wasn't expecting a perfect family movie, and while this movie is very dark, it also manages to be quite sweet too. I will admit that the beginning is very dark and intense even for a family movie. I will also admit that the plot is very formulaic and that the villains are rather cartoony.

What made this movie though for me was Joe. He was designed superbly and acted very convincingly. Even for an ape, I found him quite adorable, after seeing films like Congo where they scared me so much. Other pluses are the superb special effects and the splendid scenery. Not to mention the lovely music score. The acting was a mixed bag; Charlize Theron was gorgeous as Jill, and Bill Paxton was very good as Gregg. The supporting actors ranged from good to so-so. The relationship between Joe and Jill was very very convincing and sweet, well to me it was. And I know the ending was more King Kong with a happy ending, but I will confess I cried. Maybe it was because I loved Joe so much, I have a habit of empathising with characters that I grow to love.

Overall, it is a decent family movie. It mayn't appeal to you first time, but if given the chance as it did with me, it may grow on you. 7/10 Bethany Cox

I remember watching this film when I was a kid not just once but multiple times and being enthused and affected every time, I was so hooked by Joe and his dreamy eyes and Charlize made me love the jungle but what still fascinates me is how I still remember every detail and how I felt while watching it, and when someone asks me about Charlize this is the first film that jumps to my mind, I guess this is the kind of movie that sticks in your head with its simplicity and purity, such a joyful movie. I guarantee it'll make you laugh, cry, be angry and be very excited when the villain gets what he deserves. the most important message i got from it was to love nature and protect it with my own life because nature reserves our humanity

Mighty Joe Young is terrific family fare, and one of the better movies of 1998. It is based on the immortal classic from 1947 of the same name about a young woman and her faithful 20-foot tall, 2,000-pound gorilla named Joe.

Great special effects featuring Joe are the real highlight of the film, especially the animatronics and CGI which truly bring Joe to life.

There are also good performances, especially from Charlize Theron as the young woman, Jill, and Bill Paxton, fresh from Titanic, as the scientist who loves her.

But, the real star is the title character, the Mighty Joe, who brings a wonderfully gentle screen presence, and is the true hero of the film.

Highly recommended for children of all ages.

My Take: Fine special effects and decent performances make for a passable remake.

A toned-down remake of the 1949 monster movie (not that the original was violent or so) by Disney, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG is enjoyably pleasant nonetheless. There's a lot of enjoyable moments here to entice kids and adults alike. It's fun, without being too loud, too lumbering and too overproduced unlike other summer affair of the time. It could use more, but enough just seems to be enough. There's a good dosage of fine adventure movie elements. There's action, adventure, humor and even romance.

The romance is created between two of the lead characters. Bill Paxton as an explorer named Gregg O'Hara and a Charlize Theron as Jill Young, a daughter of a late famous Jane Goodall-inspired scientist. There's chemistry between those two, even if it's not entirely developed. It's also a simple boy-likes-the-girl chemistry, but it works well and I bought it. Ask for the adventure, there are numerous action scenes which takes place both in the jungle in even in the city, which shows a scenes directly derived but not entirely similarly to the scene from KING KONG. The special effects by Rick Baker, who actually started doing apes in a somewhat cheesy outcome during the 70's remake of KING KONG, are fine here in the film. There's a convincing use of blue screen and the typical man-in-a-suit technique that actually is less evident here.

Director Ron Underwood (TREMORS) brings a lot of excitement in this familiar territory. The film cannot escape the multitudes of clichés that marred this old genre to the ground. Some things about MIGHTY JOE YOUNG are familiar, as a toned-down kids flick. I've learned the lesson before, there's no one that harshly gets hurt in this film, except the bad guys who must get their just desserts in the end. But the film is lively and enjoyable enough for me to recommend. This is decent family entertainment.

Rating: *** out of 5.

This time I think the remake is fine. I thought the original was lightweight at best, being a kind of King Kong sequel. People were enamored with gorillas in those days, not because they were endangered but because they were simply interesting. In this one, the bad guys are poachers who kill a woman and a gorilla. Once the young woman begins to protect Joe, she and Joe become their target. As Joe gets bigger and bigger his stock rises. The positive about this film is that the special effects and Joe's being is so much more convincing that the stop action stuff of the forties. Of course, that doesn't mean the original is less worthy; it's just that things get cleaned up here. This is a good movie and doesn't beg comparisons.

This is a typical Disney Studio's movie, and Walt himself would have been pleased with the results. Beautiful photography and some neat graphics make this an enjoyable family film although very predictable. It requires no thought to enjoy this flick and you come away feeling better. Is there really anything else to an entertaining movie. I rated this a 7.

I think that perhaps this movie would have been a lot better had Disney not produced it...because I think the movie needed some sort of edge to it to compare it favorably with the original 1949 classic with Terry Moore.

That said, the movie still is fairly enjoyable...the ape effects are something to watch for, as they are executed fairly flawlessly. It is also nice to see Bill Paxton in a more sympathetic role than the loser/goofy guy/bad guy he is often cast as, and Charlize Therizon is very lovely, but her role is so stereotypical that she really can't do much with it or the script.

Mighty Joe Young is a fun entertaining family-friendly film about a oversized Gorilla who makes his way to the West where he's put on display. Now, you may be thinking to yourself, "I've seen this before" and you would be correct in making the comparison to that other classic film of the big gorilla who goes west, "King Kong", but that's where the similarities end or are atleast diluted to some extent.

Yes, Mighty Joe Young is inspired by King Kong, but it's also clearly inspired by Gorillas in The Mist (1988), which itself is inspired by the life story of Dian Fossey, a conservationist and primatologist who lived in the mountains of Rwanda where she took care of the mountain gorillas until she was murdered. Dian Fossey is a member of The Trimates, a group of three primatologists, which also included Jane Goodall (another person whom inspired this film), who studied apes in their natural habitats.

As well, this film is a remake of the 1949 classic of the same name (Mighty Joe Young) but takes a huge departure from the original story. Whereas in the 1949 version, Jill takes Joe to the west to seek fame and fortune, in this version she (portrayed by the beautiful and ever graceful Charlize Theron) does so out of compassion, love, and good intent for his well-being. Overall, it is a great story that will captivate children and adults alike. The special effects for the time (1998) are very good although at times I felt that there was a little inconsistency in the size of Joe from one scene to the next. This, no doubt, is due to some questionable methods of Camera trickery to enhance Joe's size (who is primarily played by an actor in an animatronic suit). Nevertheless, it's flaws are few and it's thrills are many.

That was the worst movie I've seen since The Postman. The ape looked nice and the actors weren't bad (Charlize Theron was actually quite good) but the screenplay was just garbage. There were some really awkward lines and a terribly predictable story. My 13-year-old brother thought it stunk, too... kids under 10 might enjoy this one, but The Prince of Egypt and A Bug's Life are far better movies. Why suffer through Mighty Joe Young when there are so many good alternatives?

Great special effects, extremely likeable leads, easily identifiable and hissable villians, and tons and tons of heart make this a highly enjoyable film. Charlize Theron was age 21 when she made this and it kind of shows but what she lacks in experience she--well she's gorgeous--she has great chemistry with Bill Paxton. It's an easy to follow story line that at times is moving. I saw Mighty Joe Young as a boy decades ago and really loved Terry Moore. The inclusion of her and stop motion special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen, who created the original Joe, have small parts and that for me lent a nice touch. OK, it's a little manipulative but it won't feel that way to children.

This movie is a mess. It's too mean-spirited for young children, the plot is completely lame, and the direction is incompetent. The actors do the best they can with the lousy material, but there isn't much for them. I think that the director must have thought that he was making a fast-food commercial, because he constantly includes choppy reaction shots. The worst is when the CGI ape arrives in California and the demographically balanced staff of the preserve come out to meet the truck (like a bunch of kids hearing the Good Humor chimes -- I guess they've never seen a truck before) and the monkey gets out. We jump to what seems like a dozen faces, one after another (some of which never again appear in the film), and they all look as though "it's the best chicken I've ever had". There is also a scene near the beginning of the movie where the two principal actors are "expositing" and you never see them in a two-shot. It looks as though the knucklehead didn't think things through during principal photography and then later needed to get some more footage. So you get these close-ups that jump back and forth, with the faces filling the screen so that they need to put less background in, and it's harder to see all of the continuity errors.

It's probably sad that I saw this piece of junk on video the same week that I saw "Cookie's Fortune".

This update of "Mighty Joe Young" features incredible visual effects. They are so seemlessly blended into the picture that Joe seems more than real.

Bill Paxton is great as usual. In fact, most of the cast is pretty good. Charlize Theron is both tough and sexy. She worked better with Paxton than the contrived relationship he had with Helen Hunt in "Twister".

I watched this movie with my kids and they loved it too. Definately a thumbs-up as a family movie. I recommend it.

It's basically 'King Kong', let's be honest.

In fairness, though, 'Mighty Joe Young' does do its own thing and it's a film I did feel entertained by. Bill Paxton (Gregg) and Charlize Theron (Jill) are two of the big reasons, they are both enjoyable in this. The effects/animatronics for the gorilla are also impressive, even when Joe is shown via people in costume (incl. Verne Troyer!) he looks decent. They did a fine job in that regard.

The premise isn't anything revolutionary, but there is certainly a fair amount of heart in there. I would've liked it more without the typical happy ending, admittedly. The music and cinematography is solid. The villains, meanwhile, are probably this production's weakest area, I never really became interested in them or their story.

Good film, all in all.

A young child and an unusual gorilla (that will grow to be gigantic) share the tragedy of losing their parents at the hand of a Poacher on the same night. Together, they must now survive his return for revenge.

Much better than expected!

Good cast, impressive visual (more practical than CGI), decent pacing (for its long duration of 2 hours) and a great climatic and emotional ending. The villain is serviceable and the developments entertaining. I was also surprised to see it go from the jungle (where I thought it would remain) to familiar locations in L. A. with plenty of tense moments.

Easy to recommend.

Considering the fact that it is a Disney movie, and I had seen the previews, the ending was a given...No surprises there.

In my opinion, there is only one reason to see this movie: the superb performance of Charlize Theron.

Technically film industry has developed itself very much with all new developments of software and photography. This film is one of them showing very interesting effects and enormous gorilla as big as his predecessor King Kong. Here the gorilla is raised by a family somewhere in Africa (Kenya or Uganda?) And he becomes very friendly with the lady of the family always complying with her orders. Hunters are everywhere looking for rare things and the gorilla Joe became attractive to them. In order to avoid the gorilla be hurt by the hunters, a decision taken by the lady and difficult to understand it, he was brought into a Californian park where he behave not very well when he found the persons hunting behind him in the past. The major shortcoming of the film was that the gorillas like to live in hidden green (jungle) environment, and this Joe was always running in open fields. It is a good film because of the photography and the effects, and children may enjoy looking at it.

Remakes such as MIGHTY JOE YOUNG are cashing in on past glories, and the hi-tech age has nowhere else to go but advance forward. A couple of bright spots help out this KING KONG rehash with a touch of heart. Paying homage to the long-gone B-movies comes a feeling of likelihood with the black ape, who may seem perilous at times, but keeps his heart in place as a trusting hero, and a naturally redeeming character of hope, love, and friendship. Truly, these details make a "family" movie by providing simple lessons. Even though the minutes lasting to the end is always worth the money, it sure didn't have to be THIS violent! What is happening to the moral values of wholesome "family" entertainment? Surely, if this was indeed another G-rated show, we'd been under more fire after the cataclysmic atrocity of BABE: PIG IN THE CITY. Either this is a simple heartwarming film, or just another pre-millennial drive-in flick, the movie doesn't always keep its balance. Disney knows how to create a lightweight movie, but they've run off the tracks this time.

The new version of Mighty Joe Young is a special effects fan's dream. The film itself caters to about an 8 year olds sensibilities and I didn't particularly like it very much. The film was just plain silly in my opinion. I didn't want it to be gory and over the top. I just wanted it to take itself more seriously. Cool special effects though.

I've seen this film several times and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it each time. The performances from from Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton are excellent and the Special Effects are tremendous. The film has a relatively straightforward plot, but also has some powerful emotional scenes as well. The film is well written and directed with it ensuring it appeals to children who will not be frightened by Joe. Moreover, this is not a horror film but rather a story of a misunderstood creature that wants to be at peace. Mighty Joe You is one of the better films out there suitable for both children and adults to enjoy and I highly recommended it.

10/10

Thanks to this movie, I am now angry with my friend, she was just raving about this movie and insisted that I borrow it. I asked her if there were any depressing animal moments, she said that I would quickly get over them, well, I have a question... why am I still crying? This movie was just too dark in my opinion and not for kids, it just was too scary and disturbing for my tastes. Which is weird coming from the girl who loves Casino.

Joe is an giant 2,000 pound gorilla who lost his mom when he was a baby, including his lovely human owner, Jill. When Professor Greg comes to see how smart these gorillas are, he convinces Jill to take Joe to the city to show others how smart he is. But of course, you can imagine, Joe gets to the city and meets the man who murdered his and Jill's mother and goes crazy and on a rampage in the city causing his reputation to no more than a vicious animal.

This movie was just too depressing, that's why I don't watch too many animal movies, they usually break my heart. It's just so crazy how animals are treated and I can't stand to watch it, I'm not sure if this movie could be used for entertainment purposes. So, just I guess judge for yourself, but I'm warning you to grab the tissues.

3/10