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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe result is not a movie that is very good, exactly, but it's entertaining and funny.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is easily the worst filmed version of anything penned by the prolific author.
- 40The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThis glib, overheated film about vicious primates delivers little suspense, nor are there signs of the 65 cited volumes and articles that turned Mr. Crichton's book into such a learning experience.
- 40Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonEven with these high-end artists on the team, though, the movie seems thin.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonAs if aware that Congo is the least interesting adventure ever filmed, screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (who once wrote a funny movie called "Moonstruck") tries to inoculate the activities with humor.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleBut Congo leads to nothing but a fierce battle with the gray gorillas, a kind of guns vs. fangs scene; and a convenient and incongruous volcano eruption that looks as artificial as a video game.
- 25San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserIn stupidity, this movie ranks up there among the greats.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittOne thing is certain: It's a bomb trying to be a hit, and at that it'll never succeed.
- 20Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumI don't know the novel, but judging from the script by Crichton and John Patrick Shanley, this must be scraping the bottom of the Crichton barrel.
- 0Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisJawdroppingly bad, this adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1980 novel about a talking ape named Amy and a fabled lost city deep in the jungles of central Africa is as sophisticated in execution as a Jungle Jim movie.