Editing Kangaroo Jack (section)

== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
''Kangaroo Jack'' was released on January 17, 2003 and ranked No. 1 that weekend. It grossed $66,934,963 at the North American domestic box office and $21,994,148 internationally for a worldwide total of $88,929,111.

=== Critical response ===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=9|average=3.4|count=115|consensus=The humor is gratingly dumb, and ''Kangaroo Jack'' contains too much violence and sexual innuendo for a family movie.|ref=|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kangaroo_jack/|title=''Kangaroo Jack'' (2003)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 24, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|16|25|access-date=12 May 2025}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Kangaroo Jack" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref>

Joe McGovern in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' described ''Kangaroo Jack'' as "witless" and stated "The colorless script...seems to have written itself from a patchwork of [[Wile E. Coyote]] cartoons, camel farts, and every high-pitched Aussie cliché to have echoed on these shores".<ref>Joe McGovern, "[https://www.villagevoice.com/2003-01-14/film/film/ Kangaroo Jack]". ''Village Voice''. January 18, 2003. Retrieved January 17, 2014.</ref> [[Nathan Rabin]], reviewing the film for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', criticized the [[false advertising]] that the kangaroo would have a major role in the story and speak throughout, remarking, "''Kangaroo Jack''{{'}}s premise, trailer, and commercials promise little more than the spectacle of two enthusiastic actors being kicked over and over again by a sassy, computer-animated kangaroo—and, sadly, the film fails to deliver even that."<ref>Nathan Rabin, "[http://www.avclub.com/review/kangaroo-jack-12145 Kangaroo Jack]". ''The A.V. Club''. January 27, 2003. Retrieved January 17, 2014.</ref> Gary Slaymaker in the British newspaper ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|The Western Mail]]'' wrote  "''Kangaroo Jack'' is the most witless, pointless, charmless drivel unleashed on an unsuspecting public".<ref>Gary Slaymaker, ''The Western Mail'', May 16, 2003, (p.2)</ref>

=== Awards and nominations ===
For their performances, Anthony Anderson and Christopher Walken were both nominated for Worst Supporting Actor at the [[24th Golden Raspberry Awards]], but they lost to [[Sylvester Stallone]] for ''[[Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over]]''. The Australian
newspaper ''[[The Age]]'' included ''Kangaroo Jack'' on its list of "worst films ever made".<ref>Lawrie Zion, "Home Movies". The Age, September 11, 2003. (p.7)</ref> However, the film won the [[2004 Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Award]] for Favorite Fart in a Movie (Anthony Anderson).
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Award 
! Year
! Category 
! Nominee
! Result
|-
| [[Kids' Choice Award]] || 2004 || Favorite Fart in a Movie || Anthony Anderson || {{Won}}
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award]] || 2003 || Best Virtual Performance || "Kangaroo Jack" || {{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Razzie Award]] || rowspan="2" |2004 || rowspan="2" |Worst Supporting Actor || Christopher Walken || {{Nominated}}
|-
| Anthony Anderson || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Teen Choice Award]] || 2003 || Choice Movie Actor - Comedy ||Anthony Anderson || {{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]] || rowspan="4" |[[2003 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|2003]] || Worst Supporting Actress || Estella Warren || {{Nominated}}
|-
| Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy || || {{nom}}
|-
| Least "Special" Special Effects || || {{nom}}
|-
| Most Annoying Non-Human Character || Kangaroo Jack || {{nom}}
|-
|}