YMMV / Kangaroo Jack

• Accidental Nightmare Fuel: The CGI kangaroos chanting "Chicken blood!" at the end of the dream sequence is understandably unnerving to some people.
• Awesome Music: The film's soundtrack isn't too shabby. Highlights include the Sugababes' "Round Round", Men at Work's "Down Under", Soft Cell's "Tainted Love", and Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode" (yes, in a family movie). The BGM is pretty good as well, especially during the climactic chase scene.
• Best Known for the Fanservice: Some fans remember the film for the waterfall scene, where Jessie is wearing a skimpy outfit.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: The scene with the talking kangaroo came from a hallucination sequence that was shot just to draw in younger audiences, once the studio became afraid that they'd have a bomb on their hands.
• Bile Fascination: The titular kangaroo, especially considering his dated CGI, is sure to evoke this for some people. The fact that it was actually a run of the mill R-rated gangster buddy comedy hastily edited into a kid-friendly animal comedy is almost certain to do the same for those who want to see just how this panned out in the final product.
• Critic-Proof: Though critics absolutely hated it (being one of the worst reviewed films to date on Rotten Tomatoes), the film still grossed $70 million domestically, and it made the top box office office gross of that particular week (which various comedians at the time mocked to no end), and it even spawned an animated sequel film.
• Cult Classic: The film has gained somewhat of an ironic cult following, especially among people who remember it from growing up in the 2000s.
• Designated Hero: Charlie and Louis put clothes on a kangaroo they believe they killed just to amuse themselves.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Par for the course for Christopher Walken, who with his usual bizarre delivery manages to completely steal the show for the few minutes that he is onscreen.
• Fan-Preferred Cut Content: Some fans like the original version of the film before the retool, Down and Under, for having a clear audience. It also had a scene where Jessie gives Charlie his Captain Amazing pin back and thus satisfyingly tying the thread that the final version just left unresolved.
• Friendly Fandoms: Overlaps with Scooby-Doo (2002) and Osmosis Jones for being another WB film that was retooled from an adult oriented film to a family friendly one that now enjoys a generally ironic adult cult following.
• Genius Bonus: In the scene where Louis intimidates Sal's men by falsely claiming to be a former Little League World Series champion, he boasts about striking out "sixteen Taiwanese All-Stars". Taiwanese teams actually are famously dominant at the Little League World Series, having won the championship a record 17 times.
• Humor Dissonance: Charlie and Louis find it funny to put clothes on a kangaroo they believe they killed. Most audiences found this tasteless.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Hundreds of children wanted to see the kangaroo.
• One-Scene Wonder: The eponymous kangaroo himself (in his rapper persona). In the movie proper, he's only present in a hallucination scene.
• Signature Scene: The hallucination scene, as it is the sole scene that prominently features the kangaroo.
• So Bad, It's Good: Between the truly bizarre clashing tones of a dark mafia comedy and a goofy kids film with a rapping kangaroo, there's certainly a group of people who find the awkward fusion rife with unintentional hilarity.
• Squick:
  • The scene where Charlie slurps an extra hot jawbuster, and then Louis slurps the same jawbuster Charlie put in his mouth.
  • The farting camel scene.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: The titular kangaroo only appears for about five minutes, and only raps as part of a hallucination sequence. The viewers who only came for said kangaroo were sorely disappointed.
• Took the Bad Film Seriously: Neither Michael Shannon nor Marton Csokas act like they were aware there was a talking, rapping kangaroo in the movie. Given how said addition was seemingly made well after their scenes were filmed, they probably legitimately weren’t.
• Ugly Cute: If you can look past the creepiness of the CGI, Jackie's son, Jackie Jr., who makes an appearance in the penultimate scene manages to be surprisingly adorable in a way. The high-pitched coos really help.
• Uncertain Audience: A big reason why the film ended up like it did. On one hand, it tries to appeal to children by advertising itself as a lighthearted kids’ comedy about a talking kangaroo (who never actually speaks outside of the one hallucination sequence and has very little screen-time in general), but on the other hand, the bulk of it is still an adult-mafia comedy with plenty of dark humor and sexual innuendo far too inappropriate to be in something aimed at kids—one can easily see why the original version was given an R rating.. Children will likely be put off by the adult humor, mafia film elements, and especially by the fact that there is no talking kangaroo in the movie, despite what the trailers, posters and DVD cover promised, while adults will also be put off by the incredibly juvenile, unsophisticated nature of the film and its veneer of a Talking Animal kid's movie. The end result is a film that really doesn't know what it wants to be, leaving the audience (both adults and kids) confused as to which demographic it's meant to appeal to.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Despite what the trailers and its far more kid-friendly animated sequel imply, it's not a family comedy with a talking kangaroo. It's pretty adult and only barely short of PG-13.

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