George Of The Jungle Details

This engagingly stupid spin on the Tarzan movies, which packs in enough dim-witted slapstick to make even the most sophisticated grown-ups chuckle, took over $100 million at the US box office. Brendan Fraser — who has gone on to play more than just loveable simpletons in The Mummy adventures and The Quiet American — plays George, the human brought up in the jungle by a group of brainy gorillas led by Ape (voiced by John Cleese). Unfortunately, their intelligence doesn't seem to have rubbed off on George. The fun slows down a little when George gets whisked back to the States by heiress Leslie Mann, but director Sam Weisman largely stays true to the film's comic-strip origins.

An affectionate send-up of Tarzan, with a talking ape and a puppy-like elephant; Fraser, too, has a puppy-dog manner that gives this juvenile stuff a slight charm.