Animal Behavior

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Animal Behavior

PG

1989

1h 28m

Romance

Comedy

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

Jay Carr

Boston Globe

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.

Apr 1, 2012

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Let us all be thankful that Bonzo didn't live to see this.

Apr 1, 2012

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 1, 2012

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Sky Staff

Sky Cinema

With a poor script, some very poor acting from Allen and, surprisingly, Holly Hunter, this was doomed to fail.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 1, 2012

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TV Guide

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.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 1, 2012

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Ralph Novak

People Magazine

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...

Apr 1, 2012

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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.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Jenny Bowen

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Kjehl Rasmussen

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Karen Allen

Alex Bristow

Armand Assante

Mark Mathias

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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