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Dunston Checks In
Young boy befriends larcenous orangutan, who has been trained to be a thief's partner in crime in luxury hotel. Now, things are getting complicated for his father, who is super busy at work.
22 May 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 December 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
1942, Tokyo, Japan
30 July 1968, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA
5 May 1981
1970, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
10 March 1977, Palo Alto, California, USA
10 April 1969, Beverly Hills, California, USA
2 August 1971, South Carolina, USA
10 February 1960, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
29 May 1958, USA
July 26, 2002
Monkeys: they make any movie funnier just by being included.
January 01, 2000
Dunston Checks In -- Wish I hadn't.
May 22, 2008
Dumb chimp-gorilla-orangutan genre laughs, and forgettable.
December 01, 2002
Depends on your orangutan tolerance.
January 26, 2006
An unruly orangutan plus an opulent hotel setting equals a natural disaster, or in this case a kids' movie.
May 28, 2002
Its value is ultimately just as a way to keep your children quiet and pliant for ninety minutes.
December 31, 2004
I'm checking out.
January 01, 2000
There isn't much of a story. The minimal plot exists exclusively to get the orangutan Dunston (played by "Sam") into as many odd, potentially-comic circumstances as possible.
March 26, 2009
It's a first-class, stylish farce with a brisk pace and cool wit.
February 19, 2013
Dunston does not, in fact, check in.