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Congo (Film Review)

1995 Paramount Pictures Directed by: Frank Marshall; Written by: John Patrick Shanley (adapted from Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name) Starring: Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, and Tim Curry MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 108 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 2/10   Michael’s Crichton’s 1980 novel, Congo, is not his…

Filmshake Does Michael Crichton, with Congo (1995) and Sphere (1998)

Top of the line effects! If I squint and cover my eyes with duct tape, they almost look real! I’ve always thought 1995’s Congo is an objectively bad film. That is, until I spoke to Jordan Courtney about it on our latest Filmshake episode. Turns out, maybe it’s just subjectively bad, for as much as…

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