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Chimpanzee

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Deep in an African forest lives a family of chimpanzees, including a baby named Oscar. Displaying the playful curiosity and ingenuity of fellow primates, Oscar and his family navigate the forest's complex territory with relative ease. Usually, the world is a playground for Oscar and his young comrades, but when his family encounters a rival band of chimps, he is left to fend for himself. However, a surprising ally steps in and changes Oscar's life forever.
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Chimpanzee often anthropomorphizes its subjects, but it's a beautifully filmed, remarkably intimate look at the lives of a family of primates.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk Though the Chucklevision script is clearly targeted at human cubs, the astonishing up-close chimp footage is a wow for all ages, if only us elders were allowed to enjoy it in peace. Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times Chimpanzees share 96 per cent of our DNA and a common Pan Prior ancestry. We'll bet they're embarrassed to admit as much when they see this. Rated: 2/5 May 5, 2013 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Words (narration by Tim Allen) and syrupy music let it down but it's still great to watch. Rated: 3/5 May 3, 2013 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review While the real-life events are endearing, the big problem here is the narration—not only how it’s delivered but how it’s written. Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 4, 2022 Full Review Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) Proof sometimes nature surprises even the experts Mar 18, 2020 Full Review Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net The people who make these movies are amazing. Rated: A Apr 26, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It's incredible how even Chimpanzees show more compassion in accepting an orphan, than we humans. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie was excellent, for adults. HOWEVER, I believe it should have been rated PG. I know it is nature, but I assumed a G rated movie would be more or less happy, so I watched it with my four kids. Not too far into the movie, I had a crying 6 and 7 year old due to the killing of monkeys. Had to explain to them that it was nature and they needed to do this to survive. But then ***spoiler alert*** Oscar's mom died, and then I had 4 sobbing children. Even my 11-year-old who is way "too cool" to cry during movies. Yes he goes on to bond with Freddy, but watching him look for his momma after she left, the sadness and confusion in his eyes, especially with how they established their relationship (she was such an amazing mother, and he clearly loved her so, so much), then lack of affection after...it was just heartbreaking. Now my children are talking often about how sad they would be if I died, my 3-year-old especially. I do want to raise my children to be strong, but part of being a good human is also having deep compassion and empathy, especially for animals or those who are vulnerable, so for those who read this and think, "your kids are snowflakes," I will never tell them not to have compassion for another living being's suffering. So, if it were not for the rating, and if they had added a warning at the beginning or something, I would have given it 5 stars. I can't imagine the feats it took to capture and edit this footage. But especially for small children, a warning would have been nice. There is a lesson to be learned about nature for sure, but maybe not at age three. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Another extremely boring Disneynature film that isn't made particularly well. As much as I like Tim Allen, he was not a good fit for the narration at all. (First and only viewing - 9/2/2019) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Who knew Chimpanzees could be this interesting? This movie is just plain cute, and even adds heart to the story of Oscar Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member The Documentary is heartwarming, and lovable, Chimpanzees are the greatest creatures on this planet. and this one, is a number one, For Oscar, everyday is an Adventure. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a pretty good movie Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Deep in an African forest lives a family of chimpanzees, including a baby named Oscar. Displaying the playful curiosity and ingenuity of fellow primates, Oscar and his family navigate the forest's complex territory with relative ease. Usually, the world is a playground for Oscar and his young comrades, but when his family encounters a rival band of chimps, he is left to fend for himself. However, a surprising ally steps in and changes Oscar's life forever.
Director
Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Producer
Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, Alix Tidmarsh
Screenwriter
Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Distributor
Disneynature
Production Co
Disneynature
Rating
G
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 20, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$29.0M
Runtime
1h 18m
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