No Jungle Cruise is not a mindblowing masterpiece by any means, but there is so much infectious joy all throughout, it made the movie utterly great. And perhaps that is because I went into it without expecting anything other than complete nonsense, and yet knowing I would appreciate Emily Blunt‘s character Lily Houghton just because it is portrayed by her. While comparisons all over the internet were drawn to films like The Mummy and Pirates of the Caribbean, I wouldn’t necessarily agree with those either. Jungle Cruise is its own breed of chaos, and it is purely joyous because there
