Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

  • 56% of users liked it
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Michael Anderson directed this Canadian coming-of-age adventure that generates nostalgia for rural America at the turn of the century. Farmer John Lee (Michael Ontkean) and wife Sarah (Leslie Hope) have two children, Jay Berry (Corey Sevier) and crippled Daisy (Katie Stuart). Hoping to buy a pony,… More

In Theaters
Oct 30, 1998 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Scott G. Mignola, Common Sense Media

    A heartwarming chimp tale.

  • Staci Layne Wilson, StaciWilson.com

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  • Reid V


    Someone at Disney definitely got canned for green-lighting this film. Possibly even shot and dismembered with an old buoy knife.

  • Coxxie M


    summer of the monkeys... ha oh my god i used to love this. Not because its a good movie, but because i used to like monkeys.

  • Andrew F


    I think that I liked it... I saw it a long time ago. I remember that the book was really good.

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