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written by mark rosenthal and lawrence konner
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starring charlize theron , bill paxton , david paymer
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as reviewed by james brundage
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i'm beginning to get fed up .
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over my four years as a critic , the thing which has kept me going is the moderate balance of films .
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the good balances the bad .
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i try to see both in equal proportions .
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but disney's mighty joe young remake marks the fourth week in which i haven't seen a truly terrible movie .
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it's a backwards machismo , i suppose , the urge to see the things which you so loathe ; but i need to see a bad film every once in a while .
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and , you know what , mighty joe young doesn't qualify .
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far from being bad , mighty joe young is actually a family fun movie .
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it's enjoyable , appropriate , cute , cuddly , and all of those other things that i've been seeing in every movie since a bug's life .
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mighty joe young tracks a 2 , 000 pound gorilla in the wilds of africa that is taken to a reserve in . . .
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california ?
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. . .
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for safe-keeping .
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okay .
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a little unrealistic , but who ever said a kid's movie had to have the slightest hint of realism .
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the first half of the movie is a gorillas in the mist-esque hatred of poachers woman-of-the-wild motif .
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the second half is a straight up parody of king kong , awestruck onlookers and all .
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mark one down .
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i'm feeling relaxed .
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it is , as a point of fact , an extremely un-creative movie .
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but , as a vetern , i can say quite honestly that creativity doesn't count for as much as it should .
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so that saves mighty joe from my wrath , although my colleagues and cohorts and surely bashing this film at this very moment .
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this is not the film to take a girl on a date to .
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it's not the film for you .
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it's the film for you and your family .
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when you're right alongside your kid , all of the normal rights and wrongs slip away .
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the same thing happens when you watch a horror movie or an action flick .
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it becomes fun .
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all you have to do to enjoy mighty joe young is shut up and watch .
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