The film hit #1 in its opening weekend, despite dismal reviews. This is a famous example of false advertising. Many parents said they felt deceived by the film. The Kangaroo Jack character is front and center in all of the posters and commercials, even though he's not the main character, he only speaks in a brief dream sequence and he's only in the movie for about five minutes. Asked if it wasn't misleading to run TV spots with a talking kangaroo when the kangaroo barely talks in the actual film, former Warner Bros. marketing chief Dawn Taubin explained: "There's clearly a lot of kangaroo in the movie. And our exit polls indicated very strongly that a large percentage of the audience were highly satisfied with the movie.

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