Movie · Action · Sci-Fi

Nuclear testing has resulted in the mutation of a fish-loving lizard who seeks out Manhattan as an ideal place to lay eggs (he is a self-reproducing hermaphrodite). While Godzilla roars around knocking down buildings, bespectacled scientist Nick Tatapolous (Matthew Broderick) works with the U.S. Army and a mysterious group of Frenchmen to try to stop him, and Audrey (Maria Petillo), the girl who broke Nick's heart in college, tries to break into the broadcast reporting big leagues by getting the inside story.

1998 · 2h 13m
Director Roland Emmerich

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Nuclear testing has resulted in the mutation of a fish-loving lizard who seeks out Manhattan as an ideal place to lay eggs (he is a self-reproducing hermaphrodite). While Godzilla roars around knocking down buildings, bespectacled scientist Nick Tatapolous (Matthew Broderick) works with the U.S. Army and a mysterious group of Frenchmen to try to stop him, and Audrey (Maria Petillo), the girl who broke Nick's heart in college, tries to break into the broadcast reporting big leagues by getting the inside story.

COMMON SENSE

Violent updated classic could be too intense for young kids.

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.5
Reviews 148
Fresh 30
Rotten 118

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Studio
Big Fin Productions, Inc.
Released
1998
Run Time
2 hr 13 min
Rated
PG-13 for sci-fi monster action/violence.
Regions of Origin
United States, Japan
© 1998 TRISTAR PICTURES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Languages

Original Audio
English, Japanese (Japan), Japanese, French
Audio

English (AAC, Dolby Atmos, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Spain) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Korean (South Korea) , Norwegian (Norway) , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.