After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.

• DirectorTodd Holland
• Release27 February 1998
• Genre
  Comedy / Family
• Duration1h 34m
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  4.6
  88 reviews
• Productions

  Touchstone Pictures