Today’s Prayer Focus
Anaconda
also known as “Anakonda,” “Đụng Độ Siêu Trăn,” “Gormican/Etten Snake Project,” “Анаконда,” “大蟒蛇,” “新狂蟒之灾,” “狂蟒之災”
MPA Rating:
for violence/action, strong language, some drug use and suggestive references.
for violence/action, strong language, some drug use and suggestive references.
| Moral Rating: | Not recommended |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Action Horror Comedy |
| Length: | 1 hr. 39 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2025 |
| USA Release: |
December 25, 2025 (wide release) |
Relevant Issues
| Featuring |
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Jack Black … Doug McCallister Paul Rudd … Ronald Griffin Jr. Steve Zahn … Kenny Trent Thandiwe Newton … Claire Simons Daniela Melchior … Ana Almeida Ice Cube … Ice Cube See all » |
| Director |
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Tom Gormican |
| Producer |
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Kevin Etten Andrew Form See all » |
| Distributor |
“It’s the movie they’re dying to remake”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Four childhood friends are going through a midlife crisis so they decide to remake their favorite horror movie from the 1990s in the Amazon. When a real giant anaconda shows up, they get more than what they bargain for and their comically chaotic moviemaking turns into a life-or-death situation. The movie that they’re dying to remake? It might just kill them, literally.”
Reviews of…
• Anaconda (1997)
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Violence: • Intense scenes involving perils and violence • Snake chases and attacks • People crushed and eaten whole by snake • Dead body • Blood • Guns • People shot • Explosions • Animal deaths • Wreck • Chases
- Profane language: • J*sus Chr*st • J*sus • G*d • G*dd*amn (several) • H*ll • D*mn • Holy sh*t
- Vulgar/Crude language: • F-word (1-3) • Bleeped out F-words • Fricking • • Screw • S-words (many) • Bullsh*t • A** • P*ss • Man urinates on another • B*tch • Son of a b*tch •
- Sex: • Sex references throughout (husband “banging another woman” / adultery, etc.) • Romantic interest seen between 2 characters • Flirting • Kiss • Hugs
- Nudity: None except cleavage and a man’s bare chest
- Drugs/Alcohol: Intoxication, pills, alcohol use, reference to being high and drunk
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Secular Movie Critics
…lighter-than-air comedy… consistent supply of chuckles… average… [3/4]
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
…limp premise… It’s genuinely baffling the number of fronts on which “Anaconda” faceplants. …it’s an unfunny, uninspired mess. Watching Sony’s quarterly earnings call would be more entertaining and just as revealing about the state of their business. …Paul Rudd & Jack Black can’t save a brutally unfunny rock-bottom for studio IP [intellectual property] era…
Marshall Shaffer, The Playlist
…a meta mistake… unfunny horror…
Odie Henderson, The Boston Globe or RogerEbert.com
…scant laughs and zero scares… the only joke that lands is the idea that anyone would want to remake that movie. …
Peter Debruge, Variety
…edgy enough to make adults laugh and just family friendly enough to let kids have a good time with their parents too. It's hilarious, harmless, and puts a fun spin on a familiar formula…
Ethan Anderton, SlashFilm
…a regurgitated mess… Lumbered with joke-light dialogue, low-stakes action and a rubbish CGI snake. … [2/5]
Matt Goldberg, Empire
…does not aspire to much as an action or horror movie… Rudd…abandons his everyman persona to play the Dumber to Black’s Dumb. Where the film falters is in finding a game for Newton to play. …doesn't squeeze its audience too hard as its comedy slithers toward dumb fun…
Matt Schimkowitz, AV Club
My Ratings: Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 4½