The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. One day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away and left a "huge" inheritance: an elephant that was his father's pride and joy. His main intention to sell the pachyderm off, Jack must choose between loud and rude zookeeper Mo or attractive animal show owner Terry. As the two trek through the country Jack and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach to life for the better.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes11%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
158 audience votes
Key crew
- Howard FranklinDirector
- Roy Blount Jr.Screenplay
- Miles GoodmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bill MurrayJack Corcoran
- Janeane GarofaloMo
- Matthew McConaugheyTip Tucker
- Linda FiorentinoTerry Bonura
- Pat HingleVernon
- Jeremy PivenWalter
- Anita GilletteVera Corcoran
- Maureen MuellerCeleste
- Keith DavidHurst
- Tracey WalterWee St. Francis
- Harve PresnellTrowbridge Bowers
- Lois SmithLuluna
