Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels
Ham III, the grandson of the first chimp astronaut, is blasted off into space by an opportunity-seeking senator. Soon, the fun-loving chimp has to get serious about the mission at hand: Rid a far-away...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2008
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Stats: 2,875 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (2,875)
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February 14, 2009Exceptionally average animated lark which really presents nothing special or even interesting. An amusing premise and quirky chimps are a nice starter, but aside from that, nothing much happens. It even gets quite boring at times. The wall of disinterested people on my friends li...( read more)
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January 3, 2009"We got three chimps strapped into a $3.7 billion spaceship, what could go wrong?"
When a space probe thought lost reappears in a previously uncharted area of outer space, NASA scientists set about planning a mission to recover their equipment. However, due to concerns ove...( read more) -
December 28, 2008Had some funny moments, but was nothing special, I loved the cute little glowing creature, she was so cute.
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December 5, 2008Chimps in space is a great idea for ananimated film. Chimps are just funny and a space setting should have contained enough excuses for bizarre and far out situations. Unfortunately Space Chimps is simply a poorly animated film with not enough content, story or laugh wise, to mak...( read more)
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November 19, 2009Meh, the only reason I watched this was because Andy Samberg is the voice of Ham III. The story needed a lot of work, but the actors and the animation get you through it.
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October 5, 2009I was really looking forward seeing this movie but sadly I was very disappointed. The story is about some chimps being trained as austronauts and they get the opportunity to go to space. I thought the story lacked information and excitement and there clearly are a lot of talented...( read more)
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October 4, 2009not a very main stream story for an animation and a bit strange to be honest. it has it's funny moments but doesn't really stand out for any reasons. kids like monkeys though.
Critic Reviews
July 18, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
July 18, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
When it comes to chimps and space, Stanley Kubrick pretty much covered the topic. full review
July 18, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film's creators haven't learned the Pixar strategy of creating a resonant story as the foundation of a film. So we get a formulaic tale of a lazy nonconformist who learns to take his responsibilit... full review
July 18, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Space Chimps is delightful from beginning to end: A goofy space opera. full review
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