Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)

Directed by

Todd Holland

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An anthropologist fakes a lost tribe to cover up his misuse of grant money. He enlists his three children to help him carry out the elaborate hoax.

goofysillylightheartedfarcicalwhimsicalplayfulabsurd

What happens

Krippendorf's Tribe is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Todd Holland and based on Frank Parkin's 1985 novel of the same name. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, and Lily Tomlin. Its plot follows Professor James Krippendorf (Dreyfuss), an anthropologist who, with the help of his three children, creates a fictitious lost New Guinea tribe to cover up his misuse of grant money. Krippendorf's Tribe was produced by Touchstone Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews, with criticism for its racial stereotypes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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