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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 21%. Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do. Most of the 444 1990s adventure movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a 'vacation' to a lake in British Columbia. While he grinds away at work the children discover that the famous local lake monster "Orky" may not be just a gimmick to attract tourists after all. In fact, Orky may enable them to get closer to their workaholic dad, and help stop local polluters who are dumping toxic waste.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes21%
Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do.
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Rick StevensonDirector
- Rick StevensonScreenplay
- Icel Dobell MasseyScreenplay
- David SchwartzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mark HarmonJack Black
- Joshua JacksonJoshua Black
- Harley Jane KozakDr. Wanda Bell
- Sarah WayneAshley Black
- Willie Nark-OrnHiro
- Frank SalsedoUncle Kpper
- Morris PanychMack Miller
- Ben CardinalJoe Pickled Trout
- Adrien DorvalWright Hardy
- Mark AchesonLefty Hardy
- Anthony ToweTaka
- John ProcaccinoFrank
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Themes
lakevacationcreatureradio psychologist