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.
15 April 1952, Bessemer, Alabama, USA
22 July 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 March 1977, Palo Alto, California, USA
19 May 1986, Glendale, California, USA
1970, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
5 May 1981
December 01, 2002
Depends on your orangutan tolerance.
May 28, 2002
Its value is ultimately just as a way to keep your children quiet and pliant for ninety minutes.
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.
May 22, 2008
Dumb chimp-gorilla-orangutan genre laughs, and forgettable.
January 26, 2006
An unruly orangutan plus an opulent hotel setting equals a natural disaster, or in this case a kids' movie.
December 31, 2004
I'm checking out.
February 19, 2013
Dunston does not, in fact, check in.
July 26, 2002
Monkeys: they make any movie funnier just by being included.
March 26, 2009
It's a first-class, stylish farce with a brisk pace and cool wit.
January 01, 2000
Dunston Checks In -- Wish I hadn't.
