Jungle Cruise Review: 6 Ups & 4 Downs

3. The Uneven Pacing

The argument that modern blockbusters are too damn long gets more ammunition thanks to this movie, which clocks in at a relatively beefy 127 minutes, at least considering what it has to offer.

While Jungle Cruise leaps lithely from one sequence to the next, there is definitely a "throw it all in" feeling to its pacing, as though every filmed gag was too precious to possibly leave on the cutting room floor.

As a result several comedic beats drag on longer than they need to, and some of the more excessive expository dialogue probably could've been cut entirely - it's not like this is a remotely complicated story to understand.

Obviously Disney wanted to maximise the value of their $200 million, but trimming the fat and tightening up the overall flow of the film would definitely have amplified the breezy, seat-of-the-pants vibe the filmmakers were presumably aiming for.