Plot: From the Oscar-winning team behind 'Man on Wire' comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a ... Read More
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'The Rise of the Planet of the Apes' won't be out until Aug. 5, but we have something that should cure your monkey-related withdrawal in the meantime: the first six minutes of the chimp documentary 'Project Nim.' In 'Nim,' James Marsh, who directed the...
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Today on indieWIRE, the indie community talks film school, 'Project Nim' leads the weekend, Ted Hope's Questions for New Filmmakers, Reykjavik calls for young talent, and more. We Ask The Indie Film Community to respond to Monday's New York Times...
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The chimp-human connection is frequently subject to human arrogance, sometimes cloaked in love, other times defined by science, and often supported... y stupidity. Project Nim has it all. It makes awful reality, but a great movie! This is definitely my favorite movie of the year... ummm, decade.... ahhh, how about so far this century? See it. Full Review
A fantastic movie. no scripted drama could do this story justice. HErt renching and hopeful a triumph. i
A 40 year old story that really comes across as silly by today's standards. Very poor directing. This movie looks like a cut-and-paste job, really.... here was nothing to be learned, nothing that sheds a new light on today's mistreatment of animals, for example. Silly staff sexual inter-relationships get into this story and make the whole thing cheap and stupid. Full Review
