Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

johnstonjames this was better than most monkey movies i have seen and i've seen a lot of them. i think monkey movies are usually pretty low-brow (with the exception of the excellent 'Toby Tyler'), but i still have a tendency to like them anyhow. i even like the 'Bonzo' monkey movies with Ronald Reagan.'Monkey Summer', or whatever it is, is more serious and intellectually ambitious than monkey movies usually are. this doesn't always work in it's favor, but it does get you to take it more seriously as film making than other monkey films. for one thing, because it is more serious story telling and actually has a real plot (monkey movies usually don't), it can be a little slow moving at times. there are some funny moments of monkey mayhem, monkeys trashing houses, having pillow fights, and monkeys drinking bootleg to get drunk, just not enough of them. the action mostly concentrates on the story of the kid who wants to catch the monkeys. the 'Monkey's Uncle' was a lot more brainless than this, but it was more fun to watch and had more monkey antics.the acting is good in this movie, the script is often thoughtful and kind of moving in a sincere way, and the feel for it's historical period is quite good. the scene where the monkey's owner drives up in a turn of the century auto is engaging. it was also nice to see the little girl who played the role in the very good TV movie adaptation of 'A Wrinkle in Time'. she's quite good here.also let me clear up one thing. this movie was picked up and distributed by Disney but was not actually produced by the company. it was produced by Michael Anderson in Canada with another film company. Disney's name is on the DVD package but not actually on the film itself. no matter. this film has all the elements of your typical Disney flick and is very wholesome and G-rated (with the exception of drunken monkeys, but hey, 'Dumbo' had a drunken elephant).i also forgot to add that these ain't monkeys. they are chimps. a monkey ain't a chimp and a chimp ain't a monkey. there IS a difference. why do Hollyweird and the mooovies keep making that mistake.

CDiablo Being one of the founding fathers of my regions monkey movie club(this also includes apes/chimps and orangutans) I am reviewing this film from a monkey movie standpoint. Afterall it is a whole summer of monkeys, 100+ days for monkeys to do what they do best, cause mischief, shenanigans, hyjinx, solve human problems and teach us about ourselves.The story is simple enough. In short poor boy needs money for stuff he wants. Luckily there's a few monkeys(chimpanzees) that have a bounty on their head that would get Boba Fett or Dog's(Duane Chapman) blood flowing. As the boy tries to catch the monkeys he learns about himself, his family, his grandpa, the local weirdo, flirts with a girl twice his age and learns the beast way to deal with bullies is to have someone point a shotgun at them.There within lies the problem. So much focus is put on the boy that the chimps just don't get the screen time they deserve. The chimps are not as talented as the chimp(s) that play Jack from the M_P trilogy or the legendary orangutans that play Dunstin or Clyde(1 or 2). So don't watch this movie expecting to find the next big thing in the Chimp genre. The chimps hit some sweet flips which is what the film needed more of. There is an epic scene of the chimps breaking into the poor families house and destroys all the things they worked so hard for. Serious monkey movie enthusiasts will want to rent the film for this scene alone.So in closing this movie is not for the serious monkey movie enthusiast. I wouldn't recommend this movie to families as it encourages a childs rebellion against their parents. I can only recommend this film as a rental for hardcore monkey loving adults and well supervised children.

dejmouse I enjoyed watching this movie very much. I will say that the acting was not the best ever but it was just fine. I have seen much worse acting in movies that come right out of Hollywood. This is a movie that contains no swearing, nudity, or excessive violence. There is a fist fight between two boys and that's as far as it goes. The ending may be somewhat predictable but it is still heartwarming. This movie reminds me of the way it used to be "back in the good old days" where children were taught right from wrong and family values were a wholesome part of life. Don't watch this movie if you plan on critiquing every scene and action of the actors or you will probably come away disappointed. If you choose to watch it just for the fun of it and to share some time with your family then I think you will enjoy it as much as I did. At least I hope so.

psychosomatic99 Summer of the Monkeys is a great movie. It's excellent for children watching these cute monkeys and see a boy go crazy over them. It's young for the kids and for the adults, they can pick out the deeper meaning of a boy struggling through his adolescent years. It's the story of a young boy who wants a pony and will do anything for one. He tried to work at his grandpa's store but chores get in the way too much. He's soon punished for not watching his sister, who has a leg problem and needs an operation and is not permitted to go to his grandpas. Now, he can't buy the pony he wanted. He runs away from home and only his grandpa can talk him back. A wanted poster is out for the monkeys and Jay's enemies try to go kill them. Jay foils there trap and they hate him for it. They beat him up and Jay's friend who is a hermit scares the boys away and protects Jay. But after a storm that destroys many things, including the death of his friend, Jay learns the meaning of selflessness. This is a great movie for everyone and I really liked it. I would recommend it for a good movie for the family.