Ed (1996)

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If, in the world of the movies, a dog can play basketball and a donkey can play football, why can't a chimp play baseball? That question is answered in the family comedy Ed. Jack "Deuce" Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) is a struggling baseball pitcher who has great natural talent but keeps choking under… More If, in the world of the movies, a dog can play basketball and a donkey can play football, why can't a chimp play baseball? That question is answered in the family comedy Ed. Jack "Deuce" Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) is a struggling baseball pitcher who has great natural talent but keeps choking under pressure. Traded to a class A minor league team, Deuce is appalled to discover his third baseman -- and roommate on the road -- is a chimpanzee named Ed Sullivan. While Ed can actually hold his own on the diamond, Deuce feels there's something a bit undignified about having to look after a monkey, and it doesn't help that Ed has poor hygiene and a chronic case of flatulence. Ed was Matt LeBlanc's first starring vehicle following his success on the TV series Friends. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: Bill Couturié
Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

In Theaters: Mar 15, 1996 Wide
On DVD: Jul 1, 2003
Studio: MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

Todd McCarthy, Variety
Might tolerably amuse the under-10 crowd, but will prove borderline intolerable for everyone else.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The movie is breathtakingly unadventurous, with its cheesy story line, hackneyed ballpark-fable sentiments, "adorable" animal and collection of one-dimensional human nincompoops, headed by Matt LeBlanc
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Mr. LeBlanc ... is so blank that the only impression he makes is of having teeth that are very large and unnaturally white.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
It's forgettable matinee fodder.
, Entertainment Weekly
Why Bill Couturie, who produced the affecting AIDS-quilt docu Common Threads, took on this howler is as mysterious as the theory of evolution. Why LeBlanc gave up hiatus for the role is as mysterious as Hollywood.
Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
A monkey playing baseball, what could be cuter? In the case of Bill Couturié's Ed, you could slap Chunk from The Goonies in in some Victoria's Secret lingerie and you'd have something more attractive.
Staci Layne Wilson, StaciWilson.com
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Brad Laidman, Film Threat
Some would say that kids may like it, but kids enjoy eating packets of sugar - that's no reason to encourage it.
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
One of the worst, most wrong-headed "family" fantasies to come along in some time.
Craig Marine, San Francisco Examiner
There's never a moment when you think it's a real chimp, so even that novelty is nonexistent.
Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWire
Much of the movie will make no sense to someone looking for more than a parade of potty jokes.

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Bobby H

Ed is not a bad family movie. If you have little kids or are just really bored and are looking for a quick laugh this movie may do it for you. The lines are cheesy, the plot is even cheesier, and it's more then unrealistic. But it does deliver some funny parts as a man… More
Ed is not a bad family movie. If you have little kids or are just really bored and are looking for a quick laugh this movie may do it for you. The lines are cheesy, the plot is even cheesier, and it's more then unrealistic. But it does deliver some funny parts as a man embraces a Chimpanzee as not only a teammate but as a new best friend.
Dean M

Amazing entertaining comedy of a baseball-playing chimp who joins for the demoralised minor league team. More hilarious.