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MVP: Most Valuable Primate

2000 · 93 min

A light, silly sports comedy where a chimp's hockey tricks and family-friendly antics keep things playful and easy to watch.

Tagline: Jack skates a little faster... Shoots a little harder... And is driving everyone bananas.
Overview: Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
friendship
found family
identity
survival
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	0
Tension	3
Darkness	1
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, family
Directed by: Robert Vince
Written by: Robert Vince, Anne Vince
Starring: Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renée Smith, Alexa Benette Fox, Lomax Study, Russell Ferrier, Jane Sowerby, Ingrid Tesch, Philip Granger
Music: Brahm Wenger
Cinematography: Glen Winter
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Canada, United States of America
Languages: English

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