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Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
95 audience votes
Key crew
- Todd HollandDirector
- Charlie PetersScreenplay
- Bruce BroughtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard DreyfussProf. Krippendorf
- Jenna ElfmanVeronica
- Zakes MokaeSulukim
- Siobhan Fallon HoganLori
- Natasha LyonneShelly
- Gregory SmithMickey
- Lily TomlinRuth Allen
- Stephen RootGerald Adams
- Elaine StritchIrene Hargrove
- Mila KunisAbbey Tournquist
- David Ogden StiersHenry Spivey
- Doris BelackPresident Porter
Stills
Themes
based on novel or booksingle parentprofessorexpeditioncircumcisioncollegefamily relationshipsanthropologyjunglemonkeylecturelost tribe