Wonderful Movie

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Good concept, poorly executed.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

21 minutes and 33 seconds into the film and I was done.What seemed to be a very interesting and potentially engaging documentary about the life of a Chimpanzee turned out to be a film that seems to be have been made for children as the main audience. The music is childish and Tim Allen's voice-over becomes excruciating pretty quickly. Nothing interesting really happens - well, at-least not for the first 20 minutes.)We've seen it all before countless times on National Geographic and Discovery. There's no new content in Chimpanzee that would make me want to watch this for 1 hour and 18 minutes.Cool, if you're going to watch it with your children but not recommended for serious adult viewing. You may come out rather disappointed and quite frankly, annoyed.

ChimpanzeeThe wild can be a dangerous place for a chimpanzee. Mostly because tire swings in their natural form are attached to speeding vehicles.Fortunately, there are no SUVs for the primates in this documentary to be pinned under.When his mother is killed in a territorial skirmish with a rival tribe lead by the cruel Scar, a young chimp named Oscar must learn to survive on his own.Lonely and emaciated, Oscar struggles to retain the survival lessons that his mother instilled in him, but to no avail.Luckily, an unpredictable bachelor in the tribe does something completely unexpected and adopts the orphaned ape as his own.Narrated by Tim Allen, this Disney nature documentary features fantastic up-close footage of life amongst our relatives, paying particularly close attention to how their empathy apes our own.However, in cases like this, I always thought that guardianship went to the monkey's uncle. (Yellow Light)vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

In general, I loved the movie. The only major mistake made was in the plot summary on the main page of this listing.According to the summary, the chimp is abandoned by the tribe. That is wrong.The chimp's mother dies & the chimp doesn't know about it. That's why I only give the film a 5. A misleading piece of information could give a potential viewer a false assumption.Tim Allen does an excellent job of narration. For people who may treat the movie like BAMBI or THE LION KING, Allen's narration provides just the right lightness in tone to offset the darker aspects of the story.

I walked into this movie not knowing what to expect. I am more of a "serious" moviegoer, and I generally don't see films geared towards children. I would describe this movie as half brilliant documentary and half cheesy kids movie.I had issues with the color timing in parts, which made the film look almost animated and artificial. I wasn't quite sure what to believe was natural footage and what was some sort of staged animal wrangling or CGI. As the movie progressed it became pretty clear that it was all authentic, but Tim Allen's narration combined with the almost-too-convenient dramatic story arc still kept me at arm's length.Ultimately this movie delivers a touching story of a young primate and his tribe. Though somewhat contrived at times there are many, many moments of genuine intimacy that tug the heartstrings and also make you wonder how in the world they got these shots. Thankfully there's a bit of explanation at the end.Do I regret seeing it? Not at all. Do I wish it had been made as a more traditional documentary? Yes.