Movie

Born to Be Wild

1995 · 100 min

A gentle, feel-good road adventure about an unlikely friendship, with mild peril and a lot of heart.

Tagline: What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.
Overview: Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, light and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, freedom, family, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
freedom
family
coming-of-age
justice
Places: road trip
countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none