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Space Chimps
20th Century Fox

Space Chimps reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 36 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
3.5 out of 10
based on 18 reviews
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MPAA RATING: G

Starring Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, and Stanley Tucci

When a $5 billion Space Agency probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Hamm III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-spirited circus performer more interested in zero gravity high jinks than living up to his illustrious heritage. The simian slacker becomes a reluctant hero and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his crewmates, the fearless Lt. Luna and their uptight commander, Titan, risk everything in an effort to save the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet form and evil dictator. (20th Century Fox)


GENRE(S): Adventure  |  Animation  |  Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Robert Moreland
Kirk De Micco
 
DIRECTED BY: Kirk De Micco  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: July 18, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 81 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
If "Wall-E" pushes the boundaries of what can be done in an animated movie, Space Chimps proves that the old formula is still pretty effective when executed well.
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75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Delightful from beginning to end.
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63
TV Guide Ken Fox
Kids might find the sight of monkeys -- sorry, apes -- wrestling in outer-space funny, but unless they're unusually sophisticated, much will probably just confuse them.
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60
The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
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.
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50
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Who doesn't love an animated, anthropomorphized-chimpanzee-starring, sci-fi romantic comedy?
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42
Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
Why would you take your kids to see Space Chimps, an uninspired animated feature about chimp astronauts, when you could take them instead to see "Wall-E"? And if they've already seen "Wall-E," you're really lowering the bar by venturing into this one.
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42
The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
Story remains Vanguard's weak point.
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40
Variety Lael Loewenstein
Enjoyably slim family entertainment.
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40
Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona
The film is suitable for all ages, but there's probably not enough fuel beyond cute chimps in Candyland to achieve orbit for the kids.
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38
Boston Globe Ty Burr
Short, cheap, weird, and passably diverting.
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30
Washington Post John Anderson
Kids sense when a movie is being noisy and frantic just to keep them distracted; these apes are overcaffeinated.
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25
Entertainment Weekly Adam Markovitz
While candy-colored graphics should dazzle kids, Space Chimps has little draw for audiences spoiled by the Pixar-given knowledge that CGI can entertain -- and not just stupefy -- moviegoers of any age.
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25
Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Sucks a whole lot of talented people into a wormhole of lousy. The film either needed to be a lot wittier to make up for the way it looks, or a lot better-looking to compensate for the funny it isn't.
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25
USA Today Claudia Puig
Only a truly dreadful story could make 81 minutes seem like an eternity. And Space Chimps is just that leaden experience.
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25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jason McBride
Space Chimps might have been saved, in fact, by using real monkeys in the astronaut roles. Or, better yet, by having a monkey in the director's chair.
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20
New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
And then there is the most annoying animated sidekick in a long time: a bulb-headed, trying-to-be-cute glow creature called Kilowatt (Kristen Chenoweth), who sings an ear-piercing, high-pitched note when it's scared, which is often.
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20
LA Weekly Robert Wilonsky
The animation, incidentally, is half-a--ed, like they ran out of the $292.96 budget halfway through. Rip-off indeed.
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12
New York Post Kyle Smith
I went in expecting to be disappointed, but even so, I was disappointed.
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What Our Users Said

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