AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Amy Adler Big Bad Joe (Dom Deluise) has agreed to take a senator's son, Ben (David Mendenhall) on an African safari. In truth, it doesn't make much sense as Joe sprays disinfectant everywhere and is scared of the creatures. But, a promise is a promise. Their private safari leader, Mo (Jimmie Walker) is glad to have them in his fictitious country of Tongola and is delighted when Ben expresses great admiration for lions, elephants, and ostriches. Joe is aghast when a lion perches on the roof of their vehicle and the man injures a tooth. Its off to a local tribe where natives speaking a foreign language try to "heal" his tooth and give advice on brushing! Adorable. Soon the trio rescue a monkey/chimp who takes to Ben like nobody's business. A local officer (Herbert Lom) grabs the chimp away from them and throws the group in an outdoor jail. Yet, this chimp is SMART. He breaks out of his confinement, rescues his friends and they all go to a high faluting Parisian cafe, with the chimp dressed as a lady. Also at the restaurant is the commanding officer. Could it be that this official has his own tricky plans for the chimp? What a joy this family film is! If anyone is in a bad mood, here is a movie to wash away the blues. Deluise, Lom, Walker, Mendenhall and all other cast members are great fun! Also darling is the chimp, which is really a midget wearing a monkey suit; it doesn't matter, kids will still love him. Then, too, the Africa scenery is beyond amazing, with lovely waterfalls, animals, caves, and more. The script is comedic and the direction is lively as well. Hey, folks, go bananas and find this entertaining movie. Even the crabby Appletons of the world will turn their frowns upside down at a showing.

djgold_1999 I just saw the reviews on Meet the Spartans, The Comebacks and SuperBad. Those movies are kind of R-like rated movies. They were intended to entertain.I looked up this movie, just to see if people with "common sense" would refer to it, as a family cute comedy. But no, again, I'll say it, "Tom Hanks" isn't in it. His boring movie "Big" is a classic and in a shrine. Boring as it was back in the 80's and even now.This movie, caught my attention as a kid, due to a main character, a monkey. The movie had a perfect cast. I've gotten my friends started on this movie and they agree, "wonderful family comedy". It is made in the mid to late 80's, so for a funny clean hearted movie, how can any "loser" find anything negative about it. That's right, no Tom Hanks.The same people who have said negative things about each and every good comedy I liked believed that Will middle age Ferrell is funny. When he's not funny but annoying looking. His movies are considered good, but why? If you can find this movie on DVD, but it asap, "absolute classic".

novastar_6 When my brother and I were little, we had a few movies that we would watch over and over and over again until we had them memorized because as far as we were concerned, they were the best, and "Going Bananas" was definitely one of them. By now he's outgrown it, but for me there is no getting past it, I love this movie. Not only is it an enjoyable story of a boy, Ben, touring Africa and making friends with a talking monkey (who can be more trouble than he's worth sometimes), but it's also hysterical to see the monkey pick on Big Bad Joe and get away with it. There is a bit of a graphic scene where Ben gets attacked by scorpions after taking a fall, but aside from that, it's an excellent movie for kids. If you enjoy a good laugh (and there's plenty to be found in this movie), I would highly recommend seeing "Going Bananas",

MJK-5 A good friend of mine one said: "A monkey is funny, anytime, anywhere." There is one exception to this: GOING BANANAS. It is quite simply the WORST MOVIE I have ever seen. It's worse than PLAN 9, worse than THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS. It is TERRIBLE. The talking monkey gag gets old after about three minutes, and believe me that's all there is. Make sure you have a bunch of people around to revive you after you go into TOXIC SHOCK from GOING BANANAS, the worst movie ever.