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Animal Behavior

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A lonely composer (Armand Assante) woos an animal researcher (Karen Allen) doing work with chimpanzee sign language.

Critics Reviews

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Jay Carr Boston Globe 04/01/2012
The problem in "Animal Behavior" isn't the animal behavior. It's Susan Rice's sweet-natured but unskilled script, and Anne Riley's direction, which underlines its connect-the-dots obviousness while ignoring its screwball comedy possibilities. Go to Full Review Leonard Maltin leonardmaltin.com 04/01/2012
Let us all be thankful that Bonzo didn't live to see this. Go to Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times 04/01/2012
2/5
The movie plays as if it had not been directed by anyone, or as if someone had come along and attempted to improve whatever the original director had done. Go to Full Review Sky Staff Sky Cinema 04/01/2012
2/5
With a poor script, some very poor acting from Allen and, surprisingly, Holly Hunter, this was doomed to fail. Go to Full Review TV Guide 04/01/2012
3/4
This modest little movie deserves to be seen and appreciated. It manages to be intelligent without being pompous or pretentious, and entertaining without resorting to titillation. Go to Full Review Ralph Novak People Magazine 04/01/2012
Allen, who at 38 is a mite old to be playing a grad student, has the worst agent in the Western world, having parlayed one of the best roles in movie history into a zippo career... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/24/2005 THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES OF ALL TIME. THE PLOT IS SO RIDICULOUS, IT DEFIES ANYTHING THAT CAN BE IMAGINED. PLEASE SKIP THIS ONE, A TOTAL MESS. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jenny Bowen

Director

Kjehl Rasmussen

Director

Karen Allen

Alex Bristow

Armand Assante

Mark Mathias

Holly Hunter

Coral Grable

Josh Mostel

Mel Gorsky

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Animal Behavior

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Movie Info

Synopsis A lonely composer (Armand Assante) woos an animal researcher (Karen Allen) doing work with chimpanzee sign language.
Director
Jenny Bowen, Kjehl Rasmussen
Producer
Kjehl Rasmussen
Screenwriter
Susan Rice
Production Co
CineStar Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround