There's such a thing as abuse against children, and parents dropping their kids off at the movies while they go shopping is grounds for a lawsuit. Kids who noticed that Godzilla was a man in a rubber suit would certainly not be fooled by the man in a smelly costume as a boxing kangaroo. It's not quite "Rocky" meets "Gus" (the football kicking mule), but more inept than that idea for a movie plot. Add Elliot Gould in (the most Overexposed actor of the 70's), and you've got even more evidence of abuse charges. Poor Robert Mitchum went from the critically maligned "Amsterdam Kill" and "Big Sleep" remake in 1978 to be in three of the year's worst movies.
Completely unfunny and absolutely uncharging and every way, this film just as badly as the costume from the moment you see the phony kangaroo. Veteran actors Clive Revill and Lionel Stander, along with country singer/"Hee Haw" host Roy Clark look most dreadfully embarrassed for being here, the film that killed Radio City Music Hall. At least there's some decent New York City location footage. The romantic scenes between Gould and Karen Carlson slows this down to a kangaroo's limp pace, and the squeaks and squalks that the phony hopping actor makes are eye rolling.
Completely unfunny and absolutely uncharging and every way, this film just as badly as the costume from the moment you see the phony kangaroo. Veteran actors Clive Revill and Lionel Stander, along with country singer/"Hee Haw" host Roy Clark look most dreadfully embarrassed for being here, the film that killed Radio City Music Hall. At least there's some decent New York City location footage. The romantic scenes between Gould and Karen Carlson slows this down to a kangaroo's limp pace, and the squeaks and squalks that the phony hopping actor makes are eye rolling.