Though the film has been dutifully updated to reflect conservation consciousness, it's even sillier than the original, with dialogue that may make even small children groan and human characters that seem far more computerized than Joe.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 5, 2023

In a holiday movie season like this one, you take your pleasures where you find them.

| Apr 2, 2019

This Christmas you could do worse than introduce the kids to the big Furby, one who carries a certain moral weight very lightly.

| Apr 1, 2019

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 18, 2012

| Original Score: C- | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 19, 2002

Mighty Joe Young is an energetic, robust adventure tale: not too cynical, violent or fragmented for kids, not too tame for adults.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000