I walked out of the theater. Garbage.

Amazing how a documentary can still have such a Disney plot.

When the story changed and they ended up with a film they didn't expect the makers make the mistake of not changing the tone. What results is a film with pretty serious moments but with a whacky comedy and tone. Uneven, badly scripted and wrong choice for narrator. Some great shots but the BBC are hardly scared

I really, really wanted to like this one, but Tim Allen's narration is just awful.

the narration does not ruin the footage, though the style of the tale prevents the kinds of looks into chimpanzee behavior you'd (I'd) want to see, especially considering the complexity of events.

Good enough. The narrator could have been chosen better (Tim at one moment actually did a Tim "The Toolman" Taylor grunt) and the script was so obviously written by Disney. It's still a worthwhile movie to watch if you like primates though.

"The astonishing footage of apes in their natural environment is made perfectly accessible and then nearly undone by a narration track that plays to the audience's basest desires for gag-inducing cuteness." - Andrew Schenker

This was a pretty chill flick folks.