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Mighty Joe Young (1949) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mighty Joe Young (1949) a score of 2.9936 out of 4

based on (11) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(5)

Good

(2)

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SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Mighty Joe Young has clearly been made in the shadow of King Kong (1933). It could hardly avoid it. It reunites Kong directors Ernest B. Schoedsak and Merian C. Cooper and screenwriter Ruth Rose, it features Robert Armstrong playing essentially the same...read the complete Mighty Joe Young (1949) review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

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Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings

An entrepreneur discovers a giant gorilla and the girl who owns him in the wilds of Africa. He brings them back to star in his nightclub, but things go awry when some drunkards harass the beast, who goes on a frenzy of destruction. John Ford was...read the complete Mighty Joe Young (1949) review at Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings

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Steve Rhodes

Sometimes Joe appears only slightly taller than a human and sometimes he is several times taller. Even if you totally discount the hokey special effects in the movie, the rest is equally ridiculous.The film starts off with promising, childlike innocence....read the complete Mighty Joe Young (1949) review at Steve Rhodes