All in all, this is one of Disneynature's best in-country outings so far, so much so that you're very likely to leave the theatre feeling downright giddy and more connected to the world than before.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 23, 2015

This may be an unabashed, Disneyfied version of nature. But it's also fun, touching, and expertly assembled.

| Apr 17, 2015

You're likely to laugh and learn in equal measure-and so will your little ones.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 17, 2015

Adorable as expected but also surprisingly absorbing, with marvelous narration from Tina Fey.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 17, 2015

The story of the colony's exile and return feels like a dull sermon, but the animals themselves, with their expressive faces and Moe Howard hairdos, can switch from slapstick to pathos faster than Charlie Chaplin.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 17, 2015

"Monkey Kingdom" clocks in at a very digestible 82 minutes and doesn't overstay its welcome. It doesn't monkey around - that's left to the film's subjects, who are more than happy to oblige.

| Original Score: B | Apr 17, 2015

Stick around for the credits to find out how pivotal scenes were shot for this worthy addition to Disney's long tradition of nature family films.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 16, 2015

The film offers a valuable life lesson in the powers of determination and timing, but most of all it's darned entertaining.

| Apr 16, 2015

You know how nature docs work. You forgive the hoked-up comic relief ... and tasteful allusions to death and dying and procreation because the tight shots of Maya's lil' Kip are so durn cuuuuute.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 16, 2015

It's been clear for awhile now that Tina Fey rules. "Monkey Kingdom" is just the latest entertainment to benefit.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 16, 2015

As much fun as a tree full of toque macaques, Monkey Kingdom is arguably the most entertaining of Disneynature's eight features.

| Apr 16, 2015

It's hard to imagine what message children will take away from this film other than that monkeys are just like characters in a fictional Disney movie, which they are not.

| Apr 16, 2015

Monkeys.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 16, 2015

Monkey Kingdom may be Disneynature's low point thus far, but that doesn't mean it isn't a great time.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2015

Although its chief asset is its inherently entertaining subject matter, "Monkey Kingdom" does far more than just let the cameras roll: It teases a compelling drama out of one monkey tribe's complicated social hierarchy ...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2015

"Monkey Kingdom" tugs our heartstrings to the top of the trees. With a lot of patience, and perhaps a little trickery, directors Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill have produced a simian "Cinderella."

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 16, 2015

If you don't love monkeys already - and really, we all should - then "Monkey Kingdom" will swing you in the right direction.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 15, 2015

You couldn't do much better than "Monkey Kingdom" to get kids invested in learning about, and protecting, the natural world.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 15, 2015

Monkey Kingdom is delightful, and its swinging and vaulting best any stuntwork you'll see in this year's summer blockbusters ...

| Apr 14, 2015

The cumulative effect is cheerily life-affirming, a bracing infusion of macaque-style joie de vivre.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 13, 2015