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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2017

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 5, 2013

Words (narration by Tim Allen) and syrupy music let it down but it's still great to watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 3, 2013

The final five minutes give location interviews with the hardworking camera crew, and this is the only time when this plasticky film comes alive.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 3, 2013

Even by the standards of sentimental nature documentaries, Disney's Chimpanzee borders on the pathetic.

| May 2, 2013

Gives us a hero to root for, but it's not coy on the tougher side of the natural world either.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2013

There are a number of breathless sequences here, that's a fact, and while the film does at times repeat itself visually that doesn't make any of the images presented any less astounding.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 15, 2012

Has the makings of a great nature documentary … If only Allen didn't keep elbowing us in the ribs to make sure that we get it.

| Original Score: B | May 3, 2012

Don't be fooled: The humans are the only ones mugging here.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2012

Technically speaking, the film is breathtaking -- made up of crisp and clear long shots, intimate peeks inside the rainforest, and a wealth of consistently used time-lapse footage that is jaw-dropping.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 21, 2012

Those hungering for rare footage of our cousins playing and foraging, fighting or fleeing are in for a number of treats.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2012

Older kids and grownups will be especially impressed with behind-the-scenes footage that is shown at the end of the picture, where we see some of the techniques that directors...Fothergill and...Linfield employ to capture their amazing footage.

| Apr 20, 2012

Of course, if you're a fan of old-school Disney True-Life Adventure tales like "Joker: The Amiable Ocelot," then you're used to this sort of sanitizing of the world's rougher edges.

| Apr 20, 2012

Walt Disney himself couldn't have scripted "Chimpanzee" any better.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2012

Resurrects some of the worst traits of the studio's True-Life Adventures series of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, dubiously shaping some amazing footage with cornball narration that relentlessly anthropomorphizes its simian subjects.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 20, 2012

It's really a wonder of nature, a reminder of how we are bound to other species and how valuable and special and downright magical their lives are. It may be a bit corny at times, but it's also downright enlightening.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 20, 2012

One wonders whether more than a few viewers won't want to take home a baby chimp after seeing the film.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 20, 2012

Produced in association with the Jane Goodall Institute, "Chimpanzee" is an eye-opening primer in cross-species similarity.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 20, 2012

Unfortunately, when so many strings have been pulled along the way, Oscar's triumph feels contrived for dramatic impact, even though it really happened.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 20, 2012

The stunning and mostly uncompromising visuals more than compensate for the frequent corny turns of phrase.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 20, 2012