Bonobo

2014

1 hr. 23 min.

Comedy

Drama

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78%

9 Reviews

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46%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A straight-laced woman tries to get her daughter to leave a hippie commune.

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Low budget comedy, but clever, full of humour and very enjoyable. The cast is perfect. We need more movies like this one

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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A very pleasant and mildly funny watch, about a very strange commune based on the Bonobo, an ape from highly-sexed tribes. All the real interest comes from the changing attitude of Tessa Peake in the main role. It's a familiar story of 'repressed English middle-class reactionary goes on a journey of self-discovery', but it's an entertaining one. The eating rituals and communal hugging will either make you cringe or laugh, or both!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Here is a lo-fi British film about sex, acted and directed with conviction - but it's impossible to believe in any of this, making it difficult to understand either as comedy or drama.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 4, 2014

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

An interesting idea with a dignified central performance, Bonobo is let down by supporting characterisation and a self-conscious tone.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 4, 2014

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Tom Huddleston

Time Out

The words 'low-budget British sex comedy' are enough to strike fear into the hardiest of hearts, but this is put together with wit and charm.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 2, 2014

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

An amiable and surprisingly sensitive drama anchored by a pair of strong performances from Tessa Peake-Jones and Josie Lawrence, though it’s slightly let down by its poorly-defined supporting cast.

Rated: 6/10

May 11, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Bonobo feels like a film that wants to be far more important than it actually ends up being.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 3, 2020

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

[An] eccentric but unexpectedly touching drama.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 4, 2014

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Synopsis

A straight-laced woman tries to get her daughter to leave a hippie commune.

Director: Matthew Hammett Knott
Executive Producer: Richard Holmes
Screenwriter: Joanna Benecke, Matthew Hammett Knott
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2017

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