Space Chimps Release
Date: July 18, 2008 Studio: 20th Century Fox Director: Kirk De Micco Screenwriter: Kirk De Micco, Robert Moreland Starring: Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Kristin
Chenoweth, Stanley Tucci Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy MPAA Rating: G Official Website: SpaceChimpspower.com
Plot Summary: "Space Chimps" is an intergalactic comedy that highlights
the antics of astronaut chimps with the "wrong stuff." Ham III (Samberg), the
slacker grandson of the first chimp blasted into space before manned
spaceflight, joins two other astronaut chimps for a dangerous mission through a
black hole to an inhabited planet. When they're stranded there, the chimps must
help the inhabitants rid themselves of a tyrannical leader, and then figure out
how to get back to Earth.
EN 5 Second Review:
Counterprogramming for the kiddies as it goes up against
The Dark Knight, cute enough,
but not our cup of tea.
An
entertaining family movie that probably will do better in DVD Kirk Honeycutt: Hollywood Reporter
The CG animation is nothing special, but the characters are
surprisingly fun and the story is full of enough puns, wordplay and
slapstick to elicit laughs from across the age spectrum...more
Space
Chimps is animated filmmaking done on the cheap
financially and creatively, and that leads to simple math:
Tired Visuals + Lame Script + D-List Voice Acting = Dumb
movie Jason Heck: KC Star
Somewhere, there’s a dimension where Pixar animation has
never existed. In that dimension, “Space Chimps” is a
monstrous box-office phenom and regarded as an instant
classic...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Counterprogramming for the kiddies as it goes up against
