Welcome to the Jungle

Name: Welcome to the Jungle
Genre: Comedy
Released: February 7, 2014
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 25

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) | Release Date: February 7, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

Director: Rob Meltzer

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Noah Berlatsky

Feb 6, 2014

The film is hyper-aware of the ridiculousness of the patriarchal obsession with masculinity-as-penis-size—and yet, in the end, and rather helplessly, it’s still mired in a banal narrative of masculine self-actualization. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Feb 5, 2014

Van Damme’s performance is about the only element left unscathed by the movie’s compulsion to point out its own absurdity. Read full review

Steven Rea

Feb 7, 2014

Director Rob Meltzer, who made the kind-of-amusing meta short "I Am Stamos," directs things in shameless, let's-get-this-thing-over-with style, throwing in some gratuitous topless (female) nudity and allowing the usually amusing Kristen Schaal to let loose with a barrage of potty-mouthisms. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Feb 6, 2014

It is difficult to tell whether the filmmakers intended Welcome to the Jungle as a satire or a farce. It is neither funny enough, nor clever enough, to measure up in either case. Read full review

John DeFore

Feb 9, 2014

The story makes 94 minutes seem as long as a season of Lost and as fresh as the seventh viewing of a Gilligan's Island rerun. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Feb 6, 2014

The real challenge is for viewers, who must tolerate overacting, idiotic scatological jokes and juvenile innuendo. The only way it might be endurable is if you’re wasted, too. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Feb 4, 2014

Welcome to the Jungle, directed by Rob Meltzer from a script by Jeff Kauffmann, is satanically bad. Read full review

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torvic

Aug 20, 2014

i love it, they catch me with the plot twist ,i enjoyed so much, good cast , i like it i dont know why people doesnt like? comedy and drama its very funny

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ravicool

Mar 25, 2014

Could have been better,would have liked to see more of van damme ,but apart from his character nothing
stood out in the movie,idea was right,execution could have been better

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

TheQuietGamer

Apr 19, 2014

It's a comedy largely devoid of humor. Not even it's unique island theme or the inclusion of Van Damme and Kristen Schaal are able to add anything funny to the mix. You'll be lucky to hear one or two funny one-liners, and I'm not about to complain about the topless ladies, but overall thereIt's a comedy largely devoid of humor. Not even it's unique island theme or the inclusion of Van Damme and Kristen Schaal are able to add anything funny to the mix. You'll be lucky to hear one or two funny one-liners, and I'm not about to complain about the topless ladies, but overall there are a lot better and funnier alternatives out there. Just do yourself a favor and skip this one. I give it a 4.5/10-Bad.… Expand

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LeZee

Mar 20, 2014

The movie maker might have thought using Van Damme would brighten up
this movie but terribly failed. It is not funny, it is not adventurous
and it is not even look like a big screen movie. The quality of production was the only interesting thought they did not spend it wisely andThe movie maker might have thought using Van Damme would brighten up
this movie but terribly failed. It is not funny, it is not adventurous
and it is not even look like a big screen movie. The quality of
production was the only interesting thought they did not spend it
wisely and broadly. You can watch this movie from first to last, but
you can't enjoy it any portion of it. This movie was based on a silly
concept with okayish actors in it which looked like a weekend movie
that aired on a television. Hope you guys won't end in a disappointment
like me for choosing this movie to watch.

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1 of 1 users found this helpful10

quincytheodore

Feb 18, 2015

I'm very curious on how this movie come to be. It's nothing more than cheesy dialogues and entirely predictable jokes, but it manages to include Jean Claude Van Damme and Daniel Haybert, who have more credential in action. Not to mention the attempt in humor is very crude, it’s practicallyI'm very curious on how this movie come to be. It's nothing more than cheesy dialogues and entirely predictable jokes, but it manages to include Jean Claude Van Damme and Daniel Haybert, who have more credential in action. Not to mention the attempt in humor is very crude, it’s practically littered with profanity as well as decades old slapstick.

The story follows a group of company workers who are sent to an island for teamwork drill. They hired Van Damme as the guide but he is far from special force veteran here. Not before long everything falls apart and it becomes torturous castaway flick. Characters are stereotypical, you have your overly nice guy, scruffy sidekick for comedy, pretty love interest and that one annoying boss.

Everyone behaves in straightforward manner following template from 90s comedy, the other cast not only lacks any hint common sense, they are also interchangeable extras. Jokes aren't funny in the slightest, with most are attributed with vulgar or racial tone. It tries hard way too much it becomes too unnatural. Perhaps this is to showcase the stagnant work place can be and how people would like to become more than they are, but it delivers the idea in such feeble manner, crediting them such effort is an overstatement.

Van Damme, maybe, wants to broaden his acting range. This character is so different from his usual stint, it could be interesting for a few scenes, but it becomes too tired too fast. In fact, the movie feels way too lengthy for such thin material. It really wastes not only audience's time but also dulls their senses.

Avoid at all cost. It is worth neither your money nor time.… Expand

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