As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Mighty Joe Young has generally received mixed reviews.
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Mighty Joe Young was released in 1998 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 20 reviews, giving Mighty Joe Young (1998) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Mighty Joe Young than critics were.
With a score of 58%, Mighty Joe Young is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Bride of Chucky, Star Trek: Insurrection and The Rugrats Movie.
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