Chimpanzee
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Chimpanzee

For Oscar, every day is an adventure

7.0 / 10 2012 1h 18mG English
Documentary

Storyline

A nature documentary centered on a family of chimps living in the Ivory Coast and Ugandan rain forests. Through Oscar, a little chimpanzee, we discover learning about life in the heart of the African tropical forest and follow his first steps in this world with humor, emotion and anguish. Following a tragedy, he finds himself separated from his mother and left alone to face the hostility of the jungle. Until he is picked up by an older chimpanzee, who will take him under her protection.

Cast & Crew

Tim Allen

Tim Allen

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lead

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alastair Fothergill's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Chimpanzee is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker