Dunston Checks In
1996 · Movie · PG · 88 min · ★ 5.4 · 36% critics
A stressed hotel manager must keep everything perfect when an important guest arrives, even as his family plans are put on hold. Meanwhile, a clever orangutan escapes from a criminal handler and teams up with the manager’s kids, turning the hotel into a whirlwind of slapstick chaos and close calls.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-01-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 36/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (244 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a goofy, kid-friendly hotel caper packed with animal mischief and easy laughs, like George of the Jungle; Not for you if you dislike slapstick chaos, crude jokes, or thin plotting.
Pros: hilarious orangutan antics; light family-friendly fun; a few clever jokes | Cons: predictable, cliché plot; uneven humor for kids; some mild language
Themes
- boss
- fistfight
- bully
- orangutan
- single father
- hotel manager
- jewel theft
- employer employee relationship
- bali
- father son relationship
- brother brother relationship
- mischief
Cast & crew
Sam the Orangutan
as Dunston
Jason Alexander
as Robert Grant
Faye Dunaway
as Mrs. Dubrow
Rupert Everett
as Lord Rutledge
Graham Sack
as Brian Grant
Paul Reubens
as Buck LaFarge
- GS
Glenn Shadix
as Lionel Spalding
Nathan Davis
as Victor Dubrow
Jennifer Bassey
as Mrs. Dellacroce
Eric Lloyd
as Kyle Grant
Directed by Ken Kwapis