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Avg. Critic Score: 16 out of 100 Overwhelming dislike Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
10 Iffy for 10+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Will parents be able to sit through Kangaroo Jack without plunging sharp sticks into their eyes? The short answer? Yes. Barely. Read full review

  • 50
    Philadelphia Inquirer |

    This salt-and-pepper buddy movie set in the scenic environs of downtown Brooklyn and the Australian bush is a crowd-pleaser -- for the elementary-school set. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Jumps at chance to be silly. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Lame comedy. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A desert of shrill juvenile jokes and clanging chase sequences. Read full review

  • 25
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The 'roo doesn't talk, except in a dream sequence…I'm dying here. Read full review

  • 20
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    For auds unwilling or unable to grapple with the subtle nuances of "Scooby Doo," Warners now gives us Kangaroo Jack, a shrill and silly farce. Read full review

  • 10
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    There are two distinctive features to the movie: the mind-numbingly banal plot as one chases another who chases another, and all the offensive material. Read full review

  • 10
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    What better to do with such a quiet, majestic landscape than to liven it up with the noise and vulgarity of lowest-common-denominator American pop culture? Read full review

  • 10
    Los Angeles Times | Jan Stuart

    88 minutes of desperate gyrations intended to simulate humor. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 10+ A very bad movie -- shouldn't have been PG.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the DVD cover suggests that a funny kangaroo is a large part of the movie, but it's a brief highlight that appears only in a fantasy sequence. The movie has a great deal of material parents might consider inappropriate for children, including peril, violence and gunplay, a stepfather who orders his stepson killed, drinking to excess seen as impressive, drinking portrayed as a way to cope with problems, violence, potty humor, and a co-ed swim in underwear that leads to kissing. There's a sexist joke and the black character is portrayed in "sidekick" terms with no interest in having any kind of independent life or relationships. The "happy" ending is somewhat sour as the only character who had been doing something to contribute to improving the world appears to have abandoned that completely for a life of hedonistic pleasure.
  • Families can talk about why Louis thought that the only reason Charlie stayed with him was because he saved Charlie's life. Why does Charlie blame himself for his mother's marrying Sal? What should Charlie have done differently?
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: A lot of violence for a PG, including peril, guns, knives.
  • sex false3 Sex: Strong for a PG.
  • language false3 Language: Strong for a PG.
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking, comic drunk.
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