Helen Shaver, Jean Marie Barnwell, John C. McGinley

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to ...( read more  read more... )communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventureous journey to get her out of the country.

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10,240 ratings

PG, 107 min.

Directed by: John Gray

Release Date: March 31, 1995

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DVD Release Date: July 8, 2003

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  • October 18, 2006
    I think its ok, I like it
  • April 22, 2006
    Steppenwolf might have been proud, but even on its first release it was so-so.
  • May 16, 2009
    Very few movies about teens and animals that befriend them are amusing. This one is but still nothing spectacular.
  • November 1, 2008
    Rick Heller (Wil Horneff) to keep him out of trouble when his mother: Margaret Heller (Helen Shaver) is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language with Katie the Gorilla.
  • September 7, 2008
    GOOD MOVIE WORTH WATCHING
  • August 21, 2008
    not sure ..... no for right now
  • May 7, 2008
    Very cute. It made me cry.
  • March 6, 2008
    The best monkey road trip movie ever!

    "1 large enormo burger, 1 large enormo shake, 1 large enormo fry"!

    Classic line, just classic.
  • February 14, 2008
    this is a cute & cool movie, and I like it a lot. :)
  • December 25, 2007
    this is good for nothing but not the one what is the funny one which is the gorilla named katie grabbed rick's burger and rick drives off and left the others

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