Synopsis
Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.
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Cast
- Jerry O'ConnellCharlie Carbone
- Anthony AndersonLouis Booker
- Estella WarrenJessie
- Christopher WalkenSalvatore 'Sal' Maggio
- Michael ShannonFrankie Lombardo
- Marton CsokasMr. Smith
- Dyan CannonAnna Carbone
- Frank WelkerJack's Vocal Effects
- John McNeillCustoms Officer
- Bill HunterBlue
Recommendations
- 50
USA Today
Jumps at chance to be silly. - 40
Chicago Reader
Likable but negligible. - 38
New York Post
A dumb, by-the-numbers children's movie. - 25
Rolling Stone
The 'roo doesn't talk, except in a dream sequence…I'm dying here. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
In the life-is-too-short category, file Kangaroo Jack as a sub-Farrelly Brothers, dumb-plus-dumber buddy picture. - 11
Austin Chronicle
Indeed, the largely computer-generated Jack acts the pants off his co-stars, which can and should be taken with a whole trough full of salt. - 10
The A.V. Club
Straight from the fiery, churning bowels of high-concept hell comes Kangaroo Jack, Bruckheimer's idea of kid-friendly fare, and some of the longest 90 minutes ever committed to film. - 10
The New York Times
What better to do with such a quiet, majestic landscape than to liven it up with the noise and vulgarity of lowest-common-denominator American pop culture?
