Space Chimps

Space Chimps (2008)

  • 34% of critics liked it
    (92 reviews)

  • 36% of users liked it
    (123,635 ratings)

Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines, and Andy Samberg lend their voices to this computer-animated comedy following the descendants of the first chimps in space as they blast off for fun and adventure on a far-away planet. Ham III (Samberg) is the grandson of Ham, the first-ever chimp… More

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G,
Directed By
Written By
Kirk De Micco, Rob Moreland
Genres
Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 17, 2008 Wide
On DVD
Nov 25, 2008
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

    Coupling the men-on-a-mission antics of 'Armageddon' with the catch-all sci-fi pastiche of TV's 'Futurama', 'Space Chimps' is an underwhelming slice of lowbrow CGI entertainment.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    I have to admit, there's a sort of dopey, cute, harmless charm to this movie. It actually doesn't stink.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Only a truly dreadful story could make 81 minutes seem like an eternity. And Space Chimps is just that leaden experience.

  • Susan Walker, Toronto Star

    The animated action movie nevertheless delivers -- da-dum -- more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

  • Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    This is very silly childish stuff and most of the aliens seen on the alien planet the chimps go to are really bad looking with terrible animation and horrible colour schemes, the jokes are cheesy and the characters are really cliched. Basically its the same kind of kids film over… More

  • Directors C


    Space Chimps has a very interesting premise that might have made a good movie if it also had good animation and less monkey puns.

  • Michael E


    Surprisingly very good

  • Lafe F


    Fun animated Space Chimps movie, kept me engaged. The jokes were funny enough. I liked how they thought at first the mission was just another training exercise. I liked the Herbie Hancock music. It was cool when they landed on the alien planet. Each of the chimps had different… More

  • Luke B


    Chimps 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 make it… More

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