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...next to nothing. Branagh's sumptuous-looking Hamlet was shot for a mere $18 million. In its domestic release, the film need gross only about $12 million to break even. Why, Robin Williams, one of Hamlet's A-list co-stars, could earn that much on a single Jumanji-size movie...
Sony says the studio is profitable now, and the past couple of years have brought a few successes, such as Bad Boys and Jumanji. But the misses far outnumbered the hits, and the studio has never had a major blockbuster. "There have to be big strains," says industry analyst Hal Vogel. "The whole '96 schedule really didn't work very well--and this is after years of trying. Where are they? They're not anywhere...
...Gilliam gets lost in creepy spectacle and plenty of old film clips (notably Vertigo). But at the sight of three giraffes crossing a city bridge, you'll think of a more recent movie. A bad one. In its frantic mix of chaos, carnage and zoo animals, 12 Monkeys is Jumanji for adults...
...sort of Jumanji for adults, Terry Gilliam's new film at least gets points for trying something completely different, says Corliss. Starring Bruce Willis as a time traveling hero sent back in time to find out about a virus that killed most of the world in 1997, this all-star, megamovie chases time backward to a painful image. It's just what you'd expect from the director of that brilliant dark-side retro-futuristic vision, Brazil. But this film is no Brazil, says Corliss: "Intent on both dazzling and punishing the viewer, Gilliam gets lost in creepy spectacle...
...Jumanji's plot (from Chris Van Allsburg's book and a script by Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor and Jim Strain) is the 486th rewrite of a Spielbergian fantasy: lost child meets the Dead Parents Society. The story doesn't advance; it just piles up, like a multiple-car wreck. And its whimsy is spiked with way too much spite. In this nightmare replay of Toy Story, everything is demolished: a pretty old home, a local mall, an innocent town. It's destruct-o-rama, kids! Fun for the whole dysfunctional family! Because it exploits children's weakness for noise, clutter...