Jungle 2 Jungle

Michael Cromwell, a New-Yorker, suddenly learns that he has a 13-year old son that’s been raised in the jungle…

• Director:John Pasquin
• Genre:Comedy / Family
• Runtime:101 minutes

Cast

Tim Allen : Michael Cromwell
Martin Short : Richard Kempster
JoBeth Williams : Dr. Patricia Cromwell
Lolita Davidovich: Charlotte
Sam Huntington : Mimi-Siku

Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a self-absorbed, successful commodities broker living in New York City. Wanting to marry his new fiance Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich), he needs to obtain a final divorce from his first wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who left him some years earlier. Patricia now lives with a semi-westernised tribe in Canaima National Park, Venezuela. Michael travels there to get her signature on divorce papers, but, upon arriving, discovers he has a 13-year-old son, Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington).

Michael attempts to bond with Mimi-Siku in his brief stay with the tribe, and promises to take him to New York ‘when he is a man’. That night, Mimi-Siku undergoes the tradition rite of passage of his tribe, who then consider him to be a man. The tribal elder gives Mimi a special task, to allow him to become a tribal leader one day. Mimi must bring fire from the Statue of Liberty, and looks forward to traveling with his father. Against his protests, Michael brings Mimi-Siku to New York with him.

Michael’s fiancee, Charlotte, is less than pleased about the unexpected visitor, particularly when he suggests eating her cat and releases his enormous pet tarantula in her apartment. Mimi-Siku wears traditional dress during much of his stay in New York. As Michael attempts to adapt Mimi-Siku to city life, cross-cultural misunderstandings occur when Mimi-Siku reverts to customs considered acceptable by his tribe. On climbing the Statue of Liberty to reach the flame, Mimi-Siku is disappointed when he sees that the fire is not real.

While staying at the home of Michael’s partner, Richard Kempster (Martin Short) Mimi-Siku falls in love with Richard’s daughter, Karen (Leelee Sobieski). He paints her face, and gives her a new name, as is the custom in his tribe. Richard is unhappy about Mimi’s presence in his home because of his influence over Karen and cooking and eating his prize-winning fish. Read more

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