Anaconda (1997)

★ 5.3 1h 30m 2,768 votes IMDb
Anaconda

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Cast

Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez as Terri Flores Age 56 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known as J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential Latin entertainers...
Ice Cube
Ice Cube as Danny Rich Age 56 · Los Angeles, California, USA O'Shea Jackson Sr. (born June 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper, record producer, and filmmaker. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A.
Jon Voight
Jon Voight as Paul Serone Age 87 · Yonkers, New York, USA Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award (out of four nominations) and three Golden Globe Awards (out of nine). Voight came to pro...
Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz as Dr. Steven Cale Age 64 · Whittier, California, USA Eric Hamilton Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor and director. He is known for playing sensitive misfits (Mask, Kicking and Screaming, The Waterdance, Killing Zoe). He was nominated...
Jonathan Hyde
Jonathan Hyde as Warren Westridge Age 77 · Brisbane, Australia Jonathan Hyde (born 21 May 1948) is an Australian-born English actor, well known for his roles as J. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the White Star Line in Titanic, Egyptologist Allen Chamberlai...
Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson as Gary Dixon Age 57 · Dallas, Texas, USA Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket (1996),...

Audience Reviews

Sheldon Nylander 2/10 Oct 07, 2019
Why did I wait to see this until now? And why did Jon Voight not win another Oscar for this movie?

“Anaconda” follows a group of highly intelligent and not at all oblivious documentary filmmakers as they search for a hidden tribe in the Amazon. Along the way, they find a not at all creepy snake hunter played by Jon Voight, whose tries to help them but completely by accident takes them into a forbidden area of the Amazon where resides giant, completely realistic-looking snakes that move at entirely believable and not at all unrealistic speeds. Trust me, you won’t believe how realistic the CGI is. You’d swear the snakes were right there with the actors.

The characters are in no way infuriating. At no point do you ever root for the snakes to win and all the human characters to die in horrible ways. You feel genuinely upset when a character dies and don’t want to laugh or cheer at all.

Trust me, you need to see this movie. It’s easily on par with such masterpieces as “The Room” or Kirk Cameron’s “Saving Christmas.”
Kamurai 6/10 Sep 08, 2020
Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.

This is a huge surprise that this holds up after 20+ years, which is great because there aren't enough giant snake movies out there.

This was a bit before modern technology, but that's offset by taking place on the Amazon River, far away from where technology would work anyways.

This was also back when Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube thought they were actors (and I honestly prefer them as actors), and I certainly don't think that they are the any of the bad parts of this movie.

Jon Voight was by far the most confusing, if not "bad" part of this movie. I think he was doing an impression of a Spaniard, but maybe was supposed to be having a Portuguese accent as that's what they speak in Brazil, but it was never clear if he was supposed to be FROM there or not. Even the character itself is oddly motivated, fighting to stay alive against people, but clearly has no self preservation when comes to catching the snake alive....so he can.....what...mate with it?

Owen Wilson, in typically form, plays the "let's ruin this" role and really is a catalyst for the movie spiraling out of control.

This is a "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" of a movie, not good (even back then), but still lots of fun. With the bad CG and odd, but impressive practical effects, it certainly was never the impending threat of an unstoppable beast that was the problem.
Andre Gonzales 6/10 Apr 16, 2023
Yep hope I never see any giant anaconda In person. I would freak the hell out. Probably pee my pants too lol. It's a ok movie, but the snake does look fake. Either way I hate snakes.

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