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Space Chimps (2008) Three brainy chimpanzees are sent on an intergalactic test flight by scientists too daft to realize the primates are actually smarter than they are. What… G PT81M Animation Comedy Kids and Family Andy Samberg 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
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Space Chimps (2008)

MPAA Rating: G
Reviewed by Adam Markovitz | Jul 18, 2008

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Space Chimps | PRIMATE DIRECTIVE Smart simians monkey around in orbit in the decidedly sub-Pixar animated adventure Space Chimps
PRIMATE DIRECTIVE Smart simians monkey around in orbit in the decidedly sub-Pixar animated adventure Space Chimps
EW's GRADE
D

Details Release Date: Jul 18, 2008; Rated: G; Length: 81 Minutes; Genres: Animation, Comedy, Kids and Family; With: Andy Samberg; Distributor: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Three brainy chimpanzees are sent on an intergalactic test flight by scientists too daft to realize the primates are actually smarter than they are. What starts as a simian spin on The Right Stuff becomes a monkey-brained space odyssey as the apes fight to save an alien world from a despot who looks like the love child of a Teletubby and the monster from Cloverfield. 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. D

Originally posted Jul 16, 2008 Published in issue #1003 Jul 25, 2008 Order article reprints