Fierce Creatures . Tucson Weekly . 02-06-97

Fierce Creatures

DIRECTED BY: Fred Schepisi

REVIEWED: 02-06-97

John Cleese and Michael Palin, refugees from the Monty Python comedy troupe, try to reprise the success of A Fish Called Wanda with mediocre results. Boob displays, bedroom farces and jokes that are visible from miles away dominate this fanciful plot about a zoo that must become profitable or else be closed. Too much of this movie seems to have been transported from old Benny Hill re-runs--Jamie Lee Curtis does nothing but stand around, looking stacked, while Kevin Kline seems to be in another movie, one where everyone yells. The animals are cute and there are some funny moments, but we expect more from the people who once brought us the Confuse-a-Cat sketch.

--Stacey Richter

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