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Mighty Joe Young
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy old-fashioned animal adventure with heartfelt emotion, expressive spectacle, and a critique of turning living beings into entertainment.
- Tone
- adventurous, sentimental, bittersweet
- Payoff
- wonder, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- human-animal bond, exploitation, spectacle, displacement, responsibility
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century, African ranch and Hollywood entertainment venues
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