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Fierce Creatures

6.2PG-13

MovieComedy, Romance19971h 33m

Don't pet them.

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.

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Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.

Directed by
Robert Young, Fred Schepisi
Written by
Iain Johnstone, John Cleese
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Released
January 23, 1997
Runtime
1h 33m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Studios
Jersey Films, Universal Pictures, Fish Productions
Budget
$25,000,000
Box office
$9,381,260
  • John CleeseRollo Lee
  • Jamie Lee CurtisWilla Weston
  • Kevin KlineVince McCain / Rod McCain
  • Michael PalinAdrian "Bugsy" Malone
  • Ronnie CorbettReggie
  • Carey LowellCub
  • Robert LindsaySydney Lotterby
  • Bille BrownNeville Coltrane
  • Derek GriffithsGerry
  • Cynthia CleesePip
  • Richard RidingsHugh
  • Maria AitkenDi
  • Michael PercivalAnt Keeper
  • FFred EvansFlamingo Keeper
  • Lisa HoganSealion Keeper
  • Choy-Ling ManParrot Keeper
  • Tim PotterVulture Keeper
  • Jenny GallowayAquarium Keeper
  • Kim VithanaTiger Keeper
  • Sean FrancisBuffalo Keeper

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  • CinemaSerf★ 6June 5, 2024
    "Rollo" (John Cleese) is drafted in by his ruthless American boss "McCain" - no fries on him - to run a British zoo. His policy upon arrival is to get rid of all the cute and cuddly critters and leave just the menacing lions and tigers and bears! The staff are horrified, especially when some neat new graves appear after five resonating gunshots. The staff revolt and that convinces "McCain" (Kevin Kline) to send his s…Read more

    "Rollo" (John Cleese) is drafted in by his ruthless American boss "McCain" - no fries on him - to run a British zoo. His policy upon arrival is to get rid of all the cute and cuddly critters and leave just the menacing lions and tigers and bears! The staff are horrified, especially when some neat new graves appear after five resonating gunshots. The staff revolt and that convinces "McCain" (Kevin Kline) to send his son "Vince" (also CK) to take the helm with his savvy executive "Willa" (Jamie Lee Curtis) and pretty soon his new branding policy has just about everything sponsored, including the staff - but, of course, none of this is legit. We just know that the tortoise named after benefactor Bruce Springsteen is not likely to ever see the man. When it appears that "Vince" has his hand in the till, too, his father decides to be shot of all of these smelly beasts and just build a golf course. To that end, he arrives on scene to help his two underlings impress the would-be Japanese investors who have their eye on the place. It does have it's funny moments, but I reckon much of those will depend on your fondness for Cleese and his slapstick style of humour. His tall, gangly, appearance frequently being his principle prop - that his his character's innate crassness and stupidity. As the story evolves, we get a bit less of that and more of Kline's mischievous humour and of course Curtis, whom her pal things is interested in him romantically but she is far more enamoured of the zoo and then rather predictably... There's an entertaining supporting cast here - Robert Lindsay, fellow Python Michael Palin and Ronnie Corbett, and they and their animals add the "aah" factor the the thing making it watchable, but not really very memorable.

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