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This movie is beautifully filmed. I'm a sucker for a gorilla. (On an aside, if you can, find the very first Mighty Joe Young.) Without giving away any spoilers, baby Joe along with an adolescent girl survive a vicious scene, forevermore dedicated to taking care of one another. Flash forward to both as young adults. And so the story begins. What we see as in all movies which begin with a vicious scene, there are adults who would rather steal what is not there's than build a life on honesty. Finding Joe a safe habitat is key to his survival. What appears safe is not always so, search again and again. I loved all the actors. They touched me in how the kind ones fought for Joe's survival. This was a Disney film in the late 90s. Vivid colors. Customs and mannerisms caught and held my attention as this is supposed to be in Africa. No Oscar winners, just be prepared to be entertained for close to two hours.

...or lower didn't understand the film's theme. It was just that, a film or movie. The inaccuracies aren't a biggie. The writers took a storyline that spoke to them and ran with it. This is what writers do. I just want to feel something while being entertained. I'm so not a Travolta fan. Out of the movies I've seen with him, this one was the best so far. I was in the theater's for Urban Cowboy and Grease. I've earned the right to look over all of the cliches. The supporting characters in this film...each resonated with me. Even when I hated who that character was-there's one minimum in every film-I want that character changed or rehabilitated. One way or another.