Curious George : Movie Review


Parents who wisely decided against bringing their youngest to see Peter Jackson’s ape epic King Kong will be pleased to learn that the animated adventure Curious George follows the exact same storyline to deliver a kiddie Kong that’s accessible to all ages. Plus, at 87 minutes, it’s half as long and nearly twice as entertaining.

The two movies are distributed by Universal Studios, hardly a coincidence. In fact, their plots share so many similarities one might want to investigate preliminary plagiarism charges. Both movies involve men facing financial devastation who traipse into uncharted territories in search of a valuable treasure that will put them back on their feet. Fortune eludes these guys, but they do discover a monkey – Kong in one, George in another – that follows them back to the mainland and proceeds to create havoc.

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Author : Sean O'Connell