The Jewel of the Nile

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The Jewel of the Nile

PG

1985

1h 44m

Adventure

Action

Romance

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Novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is living with adventurer boyfriend Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) on his yacht. But she leaves when Omar (Spiros Focas), the head of a North African nation, asks her to visit his country and write about him. Jack intends to go on a pleasure cruise to Greece, but when he learns that Joan is a pawn in Omar's quest to polish his image and gain greater power, he partners with continent-hopping criminal Ralph (Danny DeVito) in a quest to free her.

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Critics Consensus

The sense of romantic spark has waned and the prevalence of stereotypes has grown in Jewel of the Nile, although there is still plenty of swooning action for fans of the first adventure.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

07/23/2019

[The script] seems to consist of shouted dialogue and descriptions of action scenes. Lewis Teague's direction doesn't help; the extreme closeups seem aimed for the cassette audience.

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

01/04/2018

Director Lewis Teague uses the frame the way a magician uses a hat or a handkerchief: surprises are always popping into it, or out of its shadows.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

3/4

It's to everybody's credit that The Jewel of the Nile is an ambitious and elaborate attempt to repeat the success of the first movie; it's not just a ripoff.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 29

2.5/4

I’ve always found it a tad better than its mangy reputation.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

04/13/2024

2.5/4

...the film’s mild success, at the outset, is due almost entirely to the irresistibly personable efforts of its two stars...

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

03/15/2021

4/10

A pesky sort of sequel, not so bad that one reviles it for good but sadly just good enough that once a decade or so you will find yourself giving it another chance and wasting another two hours finding out that it really is simple mediocre entertainment.

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Emerson H.

@RTreviews7282 Feb 14

There are some enjoyable parts in The Jewel of the Nile, it’s mostly confusing.

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keven q

@kevenquinlan Oct 4

Well, I love Romancing The Stone- we all did. This tries to recapture that but fails. It's gratuitously inane, contrived, and silly. I saw this in the theatre and I'm watched it again in 2025- didn't really like it than, like it less so now. Going to keep the first but this one was so... Blah. The endless attempts at humor were far too many and not often humorous. I'm glad they tried but this fell way flat.

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Jed M.

@Jed76 Jul 9

Dumb fun, only watched it because we had watched Romancing the Stone the night before.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 4

Failure in 1 hour and 44 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $65,500,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rosana B

@RosanaBotafogo 09/01/2024

Seria uma tentativa de surfar na onda de "Indiana Jones" não tão bem sucedida? Sequencia de "Tudo por uma Esmeralda" um fofo que não conclui… Longe de ser ruim, Danny DeVito é sempre muito cativante, doses generosas de aventura, pitadas açucaradas de humor, roteiro simples, nada muito inesquecível, uma boa produção para entreter e só, tornou se longo e quase chatinho…

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alan g

@agenser 03/22/2024

After such high expectations from the first movie this is a poor and pale shadow of the first. It killed the francise. Too bad it could not replicate the charm and fun of the first movie.

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Synopsis

Novelist Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is living with adventurer boyfriend Jack Colton (Michael Douglas) on his yacht. But she leaves when Omar (Spiros Focas), the head of a North African nation, asks her to visit his country and write about him. Jack intends to go on a pleasure cruise to Greece, but when he learns that Joan is a pawn in Omar's quest to polish his image and gain greater power, he partners with continent-hopping criminal Ralph (Danny DeVito) in a quest to free her.

Director: Lewis Teague
Producer: Michael Douglas
Screenwriter: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure, Action, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.5M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Surround

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