85th Worst Movie: Kangaroo Jack

"Kangaroo Jack" Starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson and Estella Warren
Directed by David McNally

"Aus"um (You know like "Aus"trailia)
By Michele Dillon

Ok, so this movie was not exactly awesome but compared to all the other movies that I have had to sit through, this one was grade A. I thought it was going to be very childish but really the only thing that was child oriented about it was the CGI'd kangaroo. Everything else, such as the storyline and the script was very adult. I don't think I would have let my child watch this movie. Mostly the scene in the airport bathroom with the numerous inuendos of talking about something referred to as a "brown package" when they are really talking about a manilla envelope with $50,000 dollars in it.

This movie does make me wonder though, how come Jerry O'Connell hasn't done a good acting job since Stand By Me?

Anyway, back to the actual movie at hand. The storyline was kind of creative in a "the screenwriter must be high" kind of way and the acting wasn't that horrible in a "there must have not been anyone else who would do this" kind of way. I was actually expecting the kangaroo to talk throughout the movie but that only happened when the credits were rolling. All in all, I have seen WAY worse movies than this that I would gladly put on this list in its place.