Kangaroo Jack (2003)

Cast

Jerry O'Connell

Charlie Carbone

Anthony Anderson

Louis Booker

Estella Warren

Jessie

Christopher Walken

Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio

Michael Shannon

Frankie Lombardo

Marton Csokas

Mr. Smith

Dyan Cannon

Anna Carbone

Frank Welker

Kangaroo Jack (voice)

John McNeill

Customs Officer

Bill Hunter

Blue

About Kangaroo Jack

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

Popularity

6.9

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue

$88,900,000

Release

Jan 17, 2003

Genres

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Director: David McNally

Writer: Scott Rosenberg, Steve Bing, Barry O'Brien

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak

Jun 16, 2018

5.0

**_Fun adventure in the Outback_** Two Brooklyn friends (Jerry O'Connell and Anthony Anderson) are commissioned by a mob boss (Christopher Walken) to deliver $50,000 to a shady character in the Outback. The operation goes awry when a kangaroo inadvertently runs off with one of the guys’ jacket… and the money. Michael Shannon is on hand as a mob heavy. "Kangaroo Jack" (2003) is a likable family-friendly adventure/comedy with the typical eye-rolling kid humor (e.g. fart jokes). It’s fun, harmless hokum highlighted by spectacular Australian cinematography and the beautiful Estella Warren as an Outback preservationist. The humorous camaraderie of the protagonists is another highpoint. But the story isn’t as compelling as I hoped it would be and the camera never really captures Estella’s beauty beyond her lovely face and bosom. It runs 1 hour, 29 minutes and was shot in Australia and Brooklyn with reshoots done in Los Angeles. GRADE: C+

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