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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.
10 April 1969, Beverly Hills, California, USA
21 February 1919, Ford City, Pennsylvania, USA
27 August 1952, Peekskill, New York, USA
2 August 1971, South Carolina, USA
29 May 1959, Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England, UK
10 March 1977, Palo Alto, California, USA
12 March 1946, Denver, Colorado, USA
December 31, 2004
I'm checking out.
February 19, 2013
Dunston does not, in fact, check in.
May 28, 2002
Its value is ultimately just as a way to keep your children quiet and pliant for ninety minutes.
July 26, 2002
Monkeys: they make any movie funnier just by being included.
January 26, 2006
An unruly orangutan plus an opulent hotel setting equals a natural disaster, or in this case a kids' movie.
January 01, 2000
Dunston Checks In -- Wish I hadn't.
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.
March 26, 2009
It's a first-class, stylish farce with a brisk pace and cool wit.
December 01, 2002
Depends on your orangutan tolerance.