- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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2 out of 5
John Cleese reassembled the team from A Fish Called Wanda (including Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin) for this soft-hearted caper. Cleese plays the new manager appointed by an Australian media mogul to jazz up a local menagerie by adopting a "fierce creatures only" policy. Fearing for the future of the zoo and reluctant to change, his keepers hatch a plan to promote their fluffy little favourites as maneaters. Sadly, this follow-up lacks the magic of the original, and, despite the valiant efforts of a host of familiar faces, that vital spark is largely missing.
Plot Summary
Comedy starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. When an Australian media tycoon acquires a provincial English zoo, his only concern is that he gets a return on his investment. To this end, new manager Rollo Lee orders that the zoo should only feature crowd-pleasing dangerous animals - a policy that brings him into conflict with the defiant zookeepers.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Rollo Lee
- John Cleese
- Willa Weston
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Vince McCain / Rod McCain
- Kevin Kline
- Bugsy Malone
- Michael Palin
- Reggie Sealions
- Ronnie Corbett
- Cub Felines
- Carey Lowell
- Sydney Small Mammals
- Robert Lindsay
- Neville Coltrane
- Bille Brown
- Gerry Ungulates
- Derek Griffiths
- Di Admin
- Maria Aitken
Crew
- Director
- Fred Schepisi
- Director
- Robert Young (2)
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