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Summer of the Monkeys

Play trailer Poster for Summer of the Monkeys G Released Sep 13, 1998 1h 41m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A farming couple's (Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope) son tries to raise money for a pony by capturing a quartet of escaped circus monkeys.

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Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) A sweet family film particularly the relationship between brother and sister Sep 19, 2022 Full Review Scott G. Mignola Common Sense Media A heartwarming chimp tale. Rated: 4/5 Jan 2, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Oct 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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steve d Doesn't separate itself from the herd. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderful book. Terrible movie. Makes me wonder if they even read the book. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Sales pitch: "Hey, we could make a movie from that one book that everyone loves by Willson Rawls." "You mean Where The Red Fern Grows?" "No, Summer Of The Monkeys" "Oh. Well, that book has like fifty moneys in it, and I don't think it would be easy to train them all for the shooting. Someone might get bitten." "How about we just trim it down to four monkeys?" "That sounds like a good idea." "And maybe to make it easier, and for the audience to like it more, let's take out every memorable and good moment from the book, and replace it with something dumb and pointless to the story." "Brilliant!" That's what Summer Of The Monkeys Is. It takes a classic book and destroys it, There are no successful heartfelt moments, random scenes that have nothing to do with the story whatsoever, and the characters are weak. I would highly recommend the book to a friend, but the movie is painful to watch (In the wrong way), weird, pointless, boring, and is just plain bad. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member omg i saw this movie a long time ago and now i want to see it again soo bad lol Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Someone at Disney definitely got canned for green-lighting this film. Possibly even shot and dismembered with an old buoy knife. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member i loved this movie as a kid. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A farming couple's (Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope) son tries to raise money for a pony by capturing a quartet of escaped circus monkeys.
Director
Michael Anderson
Screenwriter
Wilson Rawls, Jim Strain
Rating
G
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 13, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)