Synopsis
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
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Cast
- John CleeseRollo Lee
- Jamie Lee CurtisWilla Weston
- Kevin KlineVince McCain / Rod McCain
- Michael PalinAdrian 'Bugsy' Malone
- Robert LindsaySydney Lotterby
- Ronnie CorbettReggie Sealions
- Carey LowellCub Felines
- Bille BrownNeville Coltrane
- Derek GriffithsGerry Ungulates
- Cynthia CleesePip 'Small Mammals'
Recommandations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
A wildly funny sex farce that smartly combines big-time silliness with sophisticated wit. - 88
San Francisco Examiner
Amazing comic performances...give this comedy its lovely manic pace, kept just within the realm of sanity. - 80
The New York Times
The real fun here comes from watching Mr. Kline bounding through two archly good performances, Mr. Cleese coming hilariously unstrung in the presence of Ms. Curtis and all those adorable animals. - 75
ReelViews
It's still a lot of fun, and I welcome any film that keeps me entertained for nearly the entire running length. - 70
Salon
Mostly smart enough to stick to pure farce and let its animals take care of their own rights. It's a charming diversion, and it treads lightly even when it has something weightier on its mind. - 70
Time
This good-natured movie is very much in the spirit of those ancient comedies from Ealing Film Studios in which nice, silly people defend some enclave of old-fashioned sanity against the forces of brute modernism. [27 January 1997, p. 68] - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Doesn't quite click. - 63
Rolling Stone
With this cast, you are guaranteed moments of inspired lunacy. It's still fun watching Cleese get caught with his pants down. But the material seems familiar and overworked.
