Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Aaron1375 Hence the problem with the movie. It kind of reminds me of another Matthew Brodderick movie "Wargames" in that it starts out as a comedy then takes a turn to another genre and the comedy does not really come back after this turn of events. It did not really hurt that film, but it really hurts this one. Just seems to me you are going to put monkeys in your movie that it should be a comedy and a comedy the family can enjoy without having to explain the darker scenes and why the film is just not funny anymore. The story starts as this pilot is caught in an embarrassing situation and his punishment is to train chimps how to fly in a secret government project. A rather pointless project that you would figure any scientist could have brought the questions Brodderick's character does in the film about said film. There are some funny things during the film's first half though nothing hysterical. Just basic monkey stuff, which kids would enjoy. Then after Brodderick witnesses the project first hand all the humor disappears and so does any reason you might want your kid to watch this film as it does become more of a drama and if they are not severely upset by the film they will be severely bored with the movie.

Chip80 I agree with Linda's comment... I've seen this movie twice, and I would love to watch it again, I just can't find it, I've look in many video stores, so I guess I'll buy it from a online stores. Anyways, this movie had a really big impact on me, when I was a kid.. it just changed my way to treat animals, and well personally I think this is one of those movies that when you watch it.. you just won't forget it. like a said a big impact, it made me reflect in how people just take advantage of too many species without caring about our environment. to finish this I've notice that there are many great classic movies that are forgotten... I remember watching DARYL another great film, hard to find too.. and well I can't think of any other. well.. I hope this comment is useful for other people! Peace!

tim-935 This is a happy tale about the nasty Government trying to cancel research and the animals that helped in the project. Matthew Broderick is a young Air Force pilot seconded to the project who does his best to understand the animals and bonds with the chimpanzees.The chimps are being taught to fly planes, and the project seems to be about using "expendable" chimps instead of flesh and blood humans on dangerous missions. It's not surprising that the project leaders can't see the injustice of cancelling the animals with the project as there were always intended to be disposable. Shame on them. And there is the set up for the build of tension and the eventual chase sequence.Please will everyone note that chimps are NOT monkeys, they are apes. Monkeys have tails, apes do not.The humans are slaves to the system, and there is too much smoking. Naughty.

xavier-borja "This was pretty corny and unbelievable. What I call a silly drama. The acting was good, but the plot was totally unrealistic. At least, I don't think a monkey can fly a plane. The government is experimenting with chimps to see how long they can fly a plane in a simulated situation after taking a lethal dose of radiation. Helen Hunt's pet monkey gets into this program, and she is driven to rescuing him before his turn comes up. With the help of an air force cadet, she breaks the chimp out of the installation, but is in for big trouble from the military big-shots. Some tense moments follow, but they are so hammy that I couldn't get to worked up over the whole deal. Cute family show with some profanity." Totally unrealistic, eh? Isn't ironic that this actually happened in real life? *shock*