Fierce Creatures

1997

Action / Comedy

38
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten55%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled58%
IMDb Rating6.31024692

dark comedyanimalgreedzoobusiness

Plot summary


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Top cast

Jamie Lee Curtis Photo
Jamie Lee Curtis as Willa Weston
Carey Lowell Photo
Carey Lowell as Cub Felines
Kevin Kline Photo
Kevin Kline as Vince McCain / Rod McCain
Jack Davenport Photo
Jack Davenport as Student Zoo Keeper
1080p.BLU
1.43 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
PG-13
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
P/S 2 / 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg10 / 10

only good if it makes money...

The first thing that you have to understand about "Fierce Creatures" is that it isn't a sequel to "A Fish Called Wanda". Rather, it makes fun of the notion that things aren't good unless they make money. Specifically, John Cleese plays a zoo owner who thinks that violence draws big crowds and thus wants to get rid of all cute-cuddly animals. Kevin Kline plays a double role as a media mogul (obviously based on Rupert Murdoch) and the mogul's parasitic son, totally indifferent about animals; both characters will probably make your skin crawl.

Most of the humor here involves things such as men getting caught with their pants down and Freudian slips. But no matter what happens, it comes out as a great movie, maybe better than "AFCW" (the former was sort of silly, this one makes a political statement). Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin play the only two 100% respectable characters in the movie, but you gotta love the other stars' performances. Definitely one that I recommend.

A vampire cop. Indeed!

Reviewed by bkoganbing6 / 10

McCain Family Values

If Fierce Creatures does not make you appreciate the number of people who volunteer to care for the exotic animals in today's zoos who were never asked if they wanted to leave their habitat to be on exhibit than I don't know what will. Even worse the thought of privatizing zoos to someone who is a philistine like the father that Kevin Kline plays.

Kline plays the Rupert Murdoch like father who heads an international conglomerate and he also plays his wastrel and oafish son as well.

Father Kline introduces what he thinks is a new policy, the zoo will only exhibit the most dangerous and Fierce Creatures to give the public thrills and chills. Obviously this lugnut has never heard of petting zoos. He sends new director John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis to run the place. Soon though they are on the side of the staff, but still have to make the zoo be a money maker to satisfy the boss.

A lot of the humor in Fierce Creatures involves the various crazy marketing techniques designed. Since along with Cleese a whole lot of the Monty Python alumni are in this film you know it is going to be zany.

Lots of Monty Pythonesque type humor in Fierce Creatures and that's always good.

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca4 / 10

A shame

The ten years later FISH CALLED WANDA follow-up. Ten years too late unfortunately. The cast are past it and the script is excruciatingly unfunny; they try so hard from beginning to end but it just keeps falling flat. What a shame.

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