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Congo

1995
Sci-fi
Action
1h 49m
Greed is bad, this simple morality tale cautions. A megalomaniacal C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds (imdb)
Directed by:
Frank Marshall Frank Marshall
Written by:
Michael Crichton Michael Crichton John Patrick Shanley John Patrick Shanley
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Starring:
Laura Linney Laura Linney Joe Pantoliano Joe Pantoliano Bruce Campbell Bruce Campbell Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker Delroy Lindo Delroy Lindo John Hawkes John Hawkes Tim Curry Tim Curry Ernie Hudson Ernie Hudson Dylan Walsh Dylan Walsh Mary Ellen Trainor Mary Ellen Trainor Misty Rosas Misty Rosas Lorene Noh
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Genres:
Sci-fi, Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country:
USA
Languages:
English, American Sign Language
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Congo

1995
Sci-fi
Action
1h 49m
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billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 28 Jul 2020
60
34th
A gorilla has a martini, a gorilla skydives, and you’ll totally forget all about it by the end it gets so fabulously stupid. Say a prayer that they didn’t name the gorilla Carol Anne.
Rated 28 Jul 2020
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 07 Jun 2010
20
6th
In order to make a review that does this movie justice, I would need that glove that the monkey has in the movie. Then I would point it repeatedly at my anus.
Rated 07 Jun 2010
kmcneilKMcNeil
Rated 10 Jan 2010
2
16th
Wee. Tim Curry goes apeshit! Or is it an ape that goes curryshit? Ah, nevermind.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
paxtonPaxton
Rated 31 Jan 2012
42
12th
Bruce Campbell we hardly knew thee. AMY. AMY. AMY.
Rated 31 Jan 2012
pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 14 Aug 2007
0
4th
For some reason I believe that this film was made for fat lesbians.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 17 Dec 2006
55
27th
They shoulda brought some bananas.
Rated 17 Dec 2006
tonytheponyTonythePony
Rated 27 Apr 2008
34
5th
Amy adapt bad novel. Amy take cash and run.
Rated 27 Apr 2008
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 25 Sep 2010
13
4th
Waste of Bruce Campbell. This movie made 81 million dollars domestic. Just throwing that out there.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
big_lemonsBig Lemons
Rated 08 Jul 2007
70
14th
Hey, I like schlock, leave me alone.
Rated 08 Jul 2007
spleenspleen
Rated 25 Jan 2013
63
30th
Even action film icons Laura Linney and Ernie Hudson couldn't save this heavy-handed adaption of a crappy screenplay based on a bad book. Still the monkey effects were pretty impressive for the time, as were the Tim Curry effects.
Rated 25 Jan 2013
johnshaftjohnshaft
Rated 01 Jul 2009
50
14th
Silly and kind of underwhelming. It is no Jurassic Park, but at least it has Tim Curry and is never boring.
Rated 01 Jul 2009
msterlingMSterling
Rated 21 Oct 2010
70
18th
This is watchable but I'm still not completely sure if it was worth it...
Rated 21 Oct 2010
anomalyAnomaly
Rated 27 Apr 2007
20
4th
This film's so bad, even criticker's summery insults it and calls it simple. Wow.
Rated 27 Apr 2007
letskillrobotsletskillrobots
Rated 31 May 2015
5
12th
Murderous George haha thank you, thank you
Rated 31 May 2015
cmonsterCMonster
Rated 24 May 2011
20
7th
I am pretty sure the writers were like, "Hyperintelligent gorillas and lasers. No matter how bad this is people will love it." Sad thing is they were right....but its still a piece of shit.
Rated 24 May 2011
tony_irwinTony Irwin
Rated 13 Jul 2013
11
12th
Corny safari movie full of all the cheesy tropes you'd expect (and want) to see. It's fast moving enough, and the set pieces are good enough, that I had a pretty good time on a Saturday afternoon when it was just too hot to go outside. Maybe if it was pulpier, or maybe if it was more wry, or maybe if they had a real story to tell about man trying to make sense of nature, I"d view it as a bit of a classic. But as it is, I've no need to watch it again.
Rated 13 Jul 2013
teddedonTedDedon
Rated 18 Mar 2007
53
21st
Congo isn't a terrible movie it's just not anything worth recommending. Only worth seeing if it's on TV and you have nothing better to do that day.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
ryanscoomerRyanscoomer
Rated 17 Apr 2009
10
5th
I saw this when I was 15 and thought maybe I just wasn't following it. Saw it when I was older and realized there wasn't much to follow.
Rated 17 Apr 2009
gravymaximusGravyMaximus
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
39th
Terrible. But so much fun.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
woodoowoodoo
Rated 25 Jan 2010
70
22nd
Crap, the good kind. Tim Curry at his slummiest.
Rated 25 Jan 2010
djrossdjross
Rated 22 Nov 2009
20
3rd
Very poor. Seems to have been written by an eight-year-old. Score based on partial viewing.
Rated 22 Nov 2009
dunbardunbar
Rated 01 Sep 2010
30
5th
I was a little over 10 when this film came out. I believe a friend hired it for their birthday sleepover and, as I recall, some small element in the movie impressed me. To this day - 20 years later - I am still baffled by what that small element might have been.
Rated 01 Sep 2010
holygrail2Holygrail2
Rated 25 Mar 2013
74
14th
I wanted to hate it completely, but there's just too much to laugh at in this film for me to deny that I had a good time. e.g. A gorilla orders a martini. She ORDERS A MARTINI!
Rated 25 Mar 2013
carpetgiantCarpetgiant
Rated 10 Sep 2013
82
48th
I realize that "Congo" hasn't aged as well as other Crichton movie adaptations, but every once in awhile, I like to sit back and watch it with a sesame cake in one hand and a green drop drink in the other.
Rated 10 Sep 2013
imthatdingoImThatDingo
Rated 31 Dec 2008
5
10th
Yet another movie that ruined a passable work of literary fiction.
Rated 31 Dec 2008
janusjanus
Rated 22 Apr 2013
75
64th
Now that Jurassic Park fever's worn off it's easier to appreciate a Michael Crichton work turned into this sort of old-fashioned adventure-comedy. The direction is weirdly poor but the cast are all likable in their own ways and the gorilla effects are impressive though far from realistic. If you can embrace fluff, on any level, this is a fun one.
Rated 22 Apr 2013
karakandKarakand
Rated 27 Sep 2021
15
19th
This is one of those movies that attempts to be serious with little bits of insanity that will stick with you. For example, an impromptu a cappella performance of "California Dreamin'" on the shores of (what I presume is) a tributary of the Congo River, or Tim Curry ranting about Ceausescu in a bad accent.
Rated 27 Sep 2021
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 16 Nov 2008
10
5th
The 10 points are for Tim Curry dying.
Rated 16 Nov 2008
purgatospurgatos
Rated 10 May 2008
17
4th
Congo was a really bad book. It is a worse movie.
Rated 10 May 2008
manickenManic_Ken
Rated 02 Mar 2018
33
1st
Just read some Crichton novels, since it struck me that I had not read Jurassic Park. Saw Sphere when it was released but didn't know it was a Crichton book. Well, it doesn't look good for Timeline based on this track record which is up next. The probable score - Terrible- is probably correct for that one as well.
Rated 02 Mar 2018
scribScrib
Rated 09 Jun 2022
55
20th
A highly stupid but fairly enjoyable sentimental killer ape movie with three plots and two tones. The best scene in the movie is Tim Curry being told off for eating sesame cake. I was also impressed by how much insanely high-tech gear one can trek through a jungle. A lot, apparently.
Rated 09 Jun 2022
gemteagemtea
Rated 18 Apr 2011
55
8th
Usually books are better, especially Crichton's.This one you'll be better off reading
Rated 18 Apr 2011
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 01 Jan 2024
55
41st
A simpler time, the 1990s, when a film about killer gorillas could be made and actually have same dramatic heft to it while also taking the piss.
Rated 01 Jan 2024
fudgiebfudgieb
Rated 16 Oct 2007
60
19th
This movie felt the burn of the Crichton bust.
Rated 16 Oct 2007
joojooJooJoo
Rated 14 Jun 2010
3
31st
How can people not find the humor in this?
Rated 14 Jun 2010
sopachuco13sopachuco13
Rated 30 Apr 2019
60
17th
Congo was a very cool movie when I first saw it in '95. The acting is great in this film. I loved seeing a young, svelte Bruce Campbell. We can get that part out of the way because pretty much everything else is mediocre. The story, which I'm sure was interesting when Mr. Crichton wrote it, is dumb now. The back stories of the rag-tag group that has come together on this mission pull the movie in multiple directions and don't give it enough story overall.
Rated 30 Apr 2019
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 18 Mar 2023
83
69th
Enjoyably old-fashioned adventure (with just enough self-aware send-up) gets great mileage from its enthusiastic cast, especially Hudson relishing a rare chance to be front and centre in full dashing mode, and Curry with shifty eyes and a dodgy European accent providing stiff competition in the scene stealing stakes (the two men’s petty rivalry is a great running joke). Some genuine scares and intense moments work in perfect harmony with the humour; lovely "performance" from Amy The Gorilla.
Rated 18 Mar 2023
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
14th
Bruce Campbell dies first, and the movie stops dead in its tracks. Terrible flick.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
garlonussGarlonuss
Rated 17 Feb 2009
60
7th
This movie is based off of one of Crichton's more ho-hum novels, and it shows.
Rated 17 Feb 2009
chrioasChrioas
Rated 27 Dec 2009
30
5th
So bad... yet so wonderfully funny.
Rated 27 Dec 2009
hakkanarejohakkanarejo
Rated 23 Jan 2021
85
29th
The company TraviCom is setting up an expedition that aims to find the heart of Congo, where diamonds must be found for satellites. The expedition leader loses contact with his son and decides to launch a rescue operation. The team includes Professor Peter Elliot, electronics expert Karen Ross, tour guide Monroe Kelly, and explorer Homolka. Once there, it turns out that people are being murdered by strange, murderous animals ...
Rated 23 Jan 2021
haydnhaydn
Rated 02 May 2008
75
35th
Sci. Fi. in the jungle anyone? I suggest that you pick up the book, it was so impressive in its discussion of Amy and the other Gorillas that it drew me to read Darwin's Origin Of the Species far before I was ready for it. This movie is overdone and could use more of the intellectualism from the novel.
Rated 02 May 2008
henrikHenrik
Rated 03 Oct 2013
30
8th
Did anyone say guilty pleasure? Nah, it sucks.
Rated 03 Oct 2013
pfightmasterPfightmaster
Rated 12 Apr 2018
24
9th
A P E S G ET T I N G S L I C E D T H E F U C K U P W I T H L A S E R S
Rated 12 Apr 2018
struizzlestruizzle
Rated 09 Mar 2009
70
47th
hell yea sean talking monkey owns
Rated 09 Mar 2009
robjobwRobjobw
Rated 18 Jan 2007
31
12th
Bruce Campbell's in it and it had some reasonable special effects for the time. But it was a bad novel, and it's a bad film.
Rated 18 Jan 2007
yiannosYiannos
Rated 16 Jun 2019
38
4th
Ape films are inherently silly, and this poorly made creature feature is no exception. It's a big budget b movie (for its time), but it's so drearily directed that any sense of joy or fun is drained right out of it. It doesn't work as a guilty pleasure, and no scenes ever truly pop, not even the action packed finale in a cave of menacing gorillas. Curry and Lindo camp it up to no avail because Marshall's tone deaf, flat footed direction invariably veers towards the dull middle.
Rated 16 Jun 2019
kingjohnbbqKingjohnbbq
Rated 26 Aug 2012
50
9th
the movie just plain sucks, but thats where a fraction of enjoyment comes from.
Rated 26 Aug 2012
shephardShephard
Rated 23 Oct 2007
30
10th
Very uneven and B-movie-ish.
Rated 23 Oct 2007
gritGrit
Rated 04 May 2008
14
11th
Congo might have a high budget and plenty of freaky psycho gorillas, but it's still a poor effort. The most astonishing thing about it is the poor script, frequent plotholes and sheer stupidity of the leading characters. How could an expert take a whole half hour to realise that a gorilla painting trees is trying to paint the jungle? Plus if they knew there was a messenging beacon on the crashed plane, why didn't they call for help earlier? Ignoring these, it's just brainless action-based stuff.
Rated 04 May 2008
m3tanm3tan
Rated 16 May 2014
25
15th
Terrible adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel. It's a cautionary tale about bad action movies...
Rated 16 May 2014
evilmangoesEvilMangoes
Rated 12 Nov 2016
25
12th
D
Rated 12 Nov 2016
sw0sw0
Rated 13 Dec 2006
5
3rd
Amy Bad Monkey! ... More like bad movie..
Rated 13 Dec 2006
svicciarellisvicciarelli
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
42nd
Big adventure and good special effects - story takes a nosedive along the way.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hankhank
Rated 19 Jul 2008
60
22nd
A good movie for a family, but the book is way way better.
Rated 19 Jul 2008
mervtaylorMerv_Taylor
Rated 15 Jun 2012
65
27th
Well-cast, at least
Rated 15 Jun 2012
lrampartllrampartl
Rated 14 Aug 2007
37
13th
The gorillas are fake, the acting is bad, the story is dumb, and the effects are lame. The old looking evil gorillas at the end are pretty creepily effective, but that's about it. And Ernie Hudson is his usual badass self.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
stainStain
Rated 13 Feb 2009
90
86th
Nobody likes this film, it seems. I really enjoyed it. Go figure
Rated 13 Feb 2009
timon88Timon88
Rated 31 Dec 2019
12
3rd
I suppose Laura Linney had to do SOMETHING while waiting for folks to really notice her... too bad this was one of those things.
Rated 31 Dec 2019
stflyst_fly
Rated 22 Aug 2007
25
26th
ok
Rated 22 Aug 2007
loimprevistoloimprevisto
Rated 13 Sep 2010
82
41st
"Bad gorrillas!"
Rated 13 Sep 2010
martrynmartryn
Rated 27 Mar 2007
33
5th
Almost everything about this movie is awful.
Rated 27 Mar 2007
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 20 Dec 2012
29
2nd
They took what may be the only Michael Crichton book worth skipping and made it into an even worse movie.
Rated 20 Dec 2012
doctor7doctor7
Rated 11 Oct 2007
31
18th
Really not that good at all. It's not terrible but it's not worth seeing in my opinion.
Rated 11 Oct 2007
cultofsamecult_of_same
Rated 02 Mar 2009
50
56th
The gorillas are lame, but Curry is briliant.
Rated 02 Mar 2009
bearmasterbearmaster
Rated 21 Dec 2014
60
30th
Great fun
Rated 21 Dec 2014
prismaticPrismatic
Rated 26 Nov 2009
83
65th
Underappreciated. Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson are terrific.
Rated 26 Nov 2009
potzblitzPotzblitz
Rated 14 Aug 2007
54
7th
I loved this movie when I was twelve years old. I mean, look at those apes!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
naurunauru
Rated 07 Feb 2012
48
43rd
It's immersive and idiotic at the same time. Worth watching for the special effects alone. Delroy Lindo and Joe Pantoliano are easily the two most capable performers in the cast, and elevate this film substantially. Yet, they are for some reason relegated to totally insignificant roles with barely a scene each. If they had been the lead actors instead of the handful of nobodies who brutalized the script, Congo could have been way, way better.
Rated 07 Feb 2012
juicejuice
Rated 26 May 2007
35
12th
Doesn't do the book justice.
Rated 26 May 2007
damnhooligandamnhooligan
Rated 26 Mar 2007
10
3rd
Worth it for the Bruce Campbell bit.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 08 Jul 2011
25
5th
There is a moment near the end of this movie where it appears apes are jumping into flowing lava. I envied those apes.
Rated 08 Jul 2011
tripwyreTripwyre
Rated 05 Nov 2020
40
20th
Laura Linney carves through a horde of ninja apes with a laser cannon. A perfect film, uproariously funny.
Rated 05 Nov 2020
cordellCordell
Rated 21 Sep 2008
75
20th
Watch it back in the day, when it was in cinemas. Thought it was allright
Rated 21 Sep 2008
krf7krf7
Rated 31 May 2010
20
9th
Ken no like!
Rated 31 May 2010
larsthorwaldLarsThorwald
Rated 27 Jun 2009
30
4th
lame
Rated 27 Jun 2009
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 22 Aug 2008
1
6th
When I was like 8 those were some scary monkeys.
Rated 22 Aug 2008
offlineozofflineoz
Rated 13 Jun 2020
30
15th
UQFR #130: Definitely a bottom tier Crichton adaptation.
Rated 13 Jun 2020
arossaross
Rated 27 Dec 2017
10
1st
Get your popcorn and Red Drop Drinks and settle in for Congo, a movie that you don't need to take seriously. You can come and go like Tim Curry's Russian accent if you need refills. You didn't know it, but you need to see the movie where people in gorilla costumes pretend to shoot each other. Cinema.
Rated 27 Dec 2017
irvinejumpirvinejump
Rated 29 Sep 2008
30
17th
Greed is bad, and so is this movie
Rated 29 Sep 2008
fartfart
Rated 16 Oct 2007
85
77th
AMY PRETTY GORILLA!
Rated 16 Oct 2007
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 04 Sep 2009
10
8th
Bland to an extraordinary degree.
Rated 04 Sep 2009
councillorCouncillor
Rated 21 Dec 2008
2
0th
Almost as hard to watch as Battlefield Earth. May have contributed to the lessening life span of Crichton who must have burst a few brain cells at the premiere upon seeing his book completely raped and tortured to cliche and ultimate moribund hell. BAD CINEMA.
Rated 21 Dec 2008
mlpgaffneymlpgaffney
Rated 20 Aug 2009
75
40th
Bruce Campbell is, as alwys, the best part of this movie. It's too bad the rest of it is pretty middling and doofy.
Rated 20 Aug 2009
anselmi86Anselmi86
Rated 30 Jul 2009
66
45th
One of the most nostalgic guilty pleasures from my childhood. And the absolutely hilarious cameos by Delroy Lindo and Joe Pantoliano make this worth seeing. "The Kaygani have had it with Zaire....AND they're eating people. You go in there with Robertson Reynolds and you're comin' out as somebody's bowel movements." Fantastic.
Rated 30 Jul 2009
bbbdBBBD
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
7th
Often the book is better than the movie, and that's the case here. The book is about 1000% better than the movie. What a letdown. The best part is at the airport when that guy is driving them around on the golf cart while all hell is breaking loose.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
hojohojo
Rated 12 Dec 2006
0
0th
Trash. Terrible. Shit.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
zombocomZOMBOCOM
Rated 06 Jul 2007
37
2nd
Redeemable only in that they have a diamond-powered laser and a talking ape. I would give it the benefit of the doubt and assume that it's supposed to be some kind of surreal comedy, but I don't think Crichton has any sense of humor recognizable to humans.
Rated 06 Jul 2007
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 22 Feb 2007
25
6th
Poor.
Rated 22 Feb 2007
nilay0045nilay0045
Rated 06 May 2013
70
11th
After a decent beginning, the movie stumble in the middle and climatic part, due to tacky special effects and weak, uninvolving story. I found the book the movie is based on more interesting and captivating.
Rated 06 May 2013
snowgraysnowgray
Rated 05 Jun 2009
20
9th
Hey, those evil gorillas were scary when I was a kid.
Rated 05 Jun 2009
el_pedroEl Pedro
Rated 18 Mar 2011
22
4th
The best from this Movie is Bruce Campell, dont believe me, watch it and then you'll see what i mean!
Rated 18 Mar 2011
egregiusEgregius
Rated 26 May 2008
20
1st
Hate, pure unadultered hate. That's what welled up in me after the frustrations and irritations of all the impossibilities and unreallistic bits completely trounced upon my otherwise large capacity for suspension of disbelief. What's up with turning communication devices into omni-potent death-lasers? What's up with this movie being a minor hit at the box office?
Rated 26 May 2008
kojilessKojiless
Rated 14 Aug 2007
34
35th
Michael Crichton's patented brand of pseudo-science on parade...complete with laser apes, diamond caves and Bruce Campbell... Bruce Campbell???
Rated 14 Aug 2007
pompousasspompousass
Rated 27 Mar 2011
20
44th
Old-fashioned (as old at least as Rider Haggard) African safari adventure. Linney, as a resourceful former CIA operative (diverting heat-seeking missiles with a flare gun), and Hudson, as the dandified guide, make strong impressions.
Rated 27 Mar 2011
jhurst747jhurst747
Rated 08 May 2008
50
18th
An unfortunate and (seemingly) low budget translation of an excellent book. Much like Sphere, the movie loses too much in translation. The gorilla suits appear like cheap rentals from the local shop and the acting could have been better.
Rated 08 May 2008
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 27 Jun 2008
45
46th
worth a watch
Rated 27 Jun 2008
geodaciusGeodacius
Rated 04 Jan 2008
41
13th
If gorillas become violent then go home, don't shoot them with laser beams.
Rated 04 Jan 2008
robotjazzrobotjazz
Rated 17 May 2007
60
41st
Didn't do the book justice, in my opinion, but a neat story.
Rated 17 May 2007
davisty69davisty69
Rated 17 Jan 2011
75
19th
Tim curry is awesome
Rated 17 Jan 2011

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