Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Hitchcoc The 1940's were big on gorillas. They were mysterious creatures to most people, having a human-like element, but with enormous power. Hence, the popularity of King Kong. In this one, a young woman finds an enormous ape. He is taken from his digs to America, where he becomes an attraction. The girl is in love with the producer and so she allows Joe (which he is named and "Young," which is the girls last name) to continue to perform. Unfortunately, he is kept caged up. Everyone considers him a danger. Eventually, an event occurs where some drunks feed him alcohol and get him riled up with fire. He goes on a rampage and is sentenced to death. This leads to an exciting conclusion which is strictly Hollywood. Great fun. Launched a sequel which I've never seen.

Spikeopath Unfairly chastised in some quarters for being a kiddie friendly King Kong, Mighty Joe Young is as charming as an Autumnal day. Many of the team from King Kong reteam to make this film, and undoubtedly it's pretty much the same plotting only with a different resolution.However, the effects work is still magical, harking back to a time when geniuses like Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen sweated buckets to make the magic move on the screen. Mighty Joe, the huge Gorilla of the title, is beautifully realised, full of expressions and emotions, he even has time for some sense of humour traits.Action is never far away, with models and sets destroyed with brute force, while plenty of beings get flung about to emphasise the madness of it all. Narratively like Kong there's still themes of greed and ignorance, the tampering with Mother Nature a big mistake, which all leads to a thrilling finale that in turn leads to something to savour.Kiddie Kong? Who cares! A wonderful film of skill and guile, of charm and brains. Go Joe Go! 8/10

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . seldom has been more truthfully depicted on the big screen than in 1949's MIGHTY JOE YOUNG. Seduced by limelight, applause, and booze, this "Gorilla Ironman" (G.I.) Joe does ALL of the work and is given NONE of the profits. Hollywood's infamous accounting methods subject him to abject poverty in an appalling condition of solitary confinement. His career is on track to be shorter than James Dean's, River Phoenix', or Heath Ledger's, as a judge orders his summary execution by firing squad at his first hint of Union Activism. Always the Rich Man's stooges, the L.A. cops are only too happy to oblige The Man. But before these murderers-by-proxy can carry out their ghastly orders, G.I. Joe detours from his escape-back-to-Africa route to rescue a handful of young girls from a burning orphanage--the only thing preventing his liquidation by the Oppressors' Tools. A few years later John Garfield (GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT), Dalton Trumbo, and the rest of the "Hollywood Ten" martyrs would NOT fare so well!

MartinHafer "Mighty Joe Young" is a fun, escapist movie. However, as I sat and watched it, I couldn't help but think that the much more famous "King Kong" (completed 16 years earlier) looked a heck of a lot better. For example, the matte paintings used through much of the film look much less realistic--they looked just like paintings. In "King Kong", they had an other worldly look that was priceless--such as the great looking Skull Island. Also, as Joe the gorilla ran about, the background images looked like they were projected on a movie screen behind it--and looked much more fake than it should have. You would have thought after all those years that this all would have looked a lot better. However, I do seem to be in the minority here, as MANY of the other reviews talked about how great the effects looked! I stand by my opinion--this should have been a lot better.The film is very much like a reworking of "King Kong". Like "Kong", it stars Robert Armstrong and also is about a big gorilla--though Joe is minuscule compared to Kong. Joe's big compared to a gorilla but only about 15 feet tall--not the HUGE creature Kong was. Also, Joe is NOT the dangerous and scary monster that Kong was--he's a beloved pet of a girl living in Africa. When they are discovered by Armstrong, they agree to come to America to go on tour. There, they become a huge hit. Sadly, however, poor Joe and the girl soon tire of this life and long to go back home. Then tragedy strikes and,...well, you should see what happens next for yourself.The biggest difference between Kong and Joe is far more than size. Joe is a nice-guy--and the film is very much like a child-friendly giant ape film. He doesn't eat anyone, doesn't kill any creature and is VERY family-friendly. In other words, while enjoyable, Joe is also a bit dull! I know a lot of people loved the film, but I wanted a bit more violence and mayhem instead of the sweet, lovable creature we see in this film. This, combined with the fair special effects make this a pale shadow of Kong. Enjoyable, certainly, but it could have been so much better without the schmaltz.By the way, what is with that scene in the nightclub where everyone is tossing things at Joe to torment him?! This made little sense and just seemed awful and out of place. And what followed really didn't make a whole lotta sense.