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Writers (WGA):
Gertrude Davies Lintz (book)
William Joyce (screen story) ...
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Release Date:
6 June 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
Welcome to a family that will make yours seem tame.
Plot:
Rene Russo plays an eccentric socialite who raises a gorilla as her son. full summary | add synopsis
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(6 articles)
Sony At Acme
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 2 September 1997)
Farewell To Family Films?
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 July 1997)
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More Plugs For Darwinism more (21 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rene Russo | ... | Mrs. Gertrude 'Trudy' Lintz |
 | Robbie Coltrane | ... | Dr. Bill Lintz |
 | Alan Cumming | ... | Dick Croner, Trudy's Assistant |
 | Irma P. Hall | ... | Emma, Lintz's Maid |
 | Peter Elliott | ... | Buddy |
 | Mak Wilson | ... | Buddy |
 | Lynn Robertson Bruce | ... | Buddy |
| Mark Sealey | ... | Buddy |
| Robert Tygner | ... | Buddy (as Rob Tygner) |
| Michelan Sisti | ... | Buddy |
| Peter Hurst | ... | Buddy |
| Leif Tilden | ... | Buddy |
| Star Townsend | ... | Buddy (as Star Townshend) |
 | Paul Reubens | ... | Professor Spatz |
 | John Aylward | ... | Mr. Joe Bowman |
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Rated PG for some threatening animal action.
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84 min | Argentina:90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Sweden:7 | UK:U (video premiere) | USA:PG (certificate #34791)
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Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Rene Russo came out a month before principal photography started to work to rehearse with each individual chimp. more
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Emma: It's enough to drive you to the nut house. Of course this place probably already is the nut house. more
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This was a nice, gentle film with no villains, pretty colors, nice surround sound, a nice recreation of the early 20th century and a fast-moving story. That's the good news.
The bad news is that for a story that is supposed to be "true," it is ludicrous. No animal understands human language as well as another human. Duh! Not in this movie; here they do, which leads the filmmakers into their gigantic plus for Darwinism. They even bring a priest into the picture who proclaims (while looking into "Buddy" the gorilla's eyes, "Those are not the eyes of an animal!"
Are you kidding me?They aren't even subtle about their evolution propaganda and it's some of the most ridiculous baloney I've ever heard.
Too bad because, as I said, it's basically a nice film with nice people. They even show a nice husband, played by Robbie Coltrane. Hollywood usually doesn't show husbands in a good light. In their twist political correctness, women are good and men are bad. Not here.