Jungle Cruise (2021)

I know, yet another Disney movie that has the defining feature that it is based on a ride. I am a huge skeptic of this concept, but the same was true of The Pirates of the Caribbean, and at least the first movie was hugely enjoyable. That said, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride is a way better ride than the Jungle Cruise, and the same comparison can be made about the movies. This is simply not good. Another disappointment is that Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, both actors that I very much enjoy, are not able to salvage anything particularly good or entertaining out of it. The only good thing I can say is that the same cheesiness that the ride has, with mechanical animals and carefully constructed scares is well preserved in the movie. If you can't get to a Disney theme park with this ride, the movie will give you a very good idea of what it is like.