That's nothing to be ashamed of, but the picture is uninspired and complacent with bizarre pop culture references (an "Axel F" callback, really?) and anemic plotting, never challenging itself with a more confident tone or skillful comedic voice. "Chimps" is certainly a sincere production, following closely to the simple edict of entertaining families. To get there one must ignore the crude animation, awful lip-sync, and the minefield of dud jokes, and that journey is tiring. Not many films can claim such progress, but "Chimps" does taking its sweet time to grow on the viewer. I will write this about the picture: it plays better as it goes. "Chimps" is really just one lucky DVD production that has fallen haphazardly into a theatrical release, and the experience watching it reinforces this sentiment with exceptional force.
It's a modest production from Vanguard Animation, sent into the multiplex wilds to vacuum up the dollars that haven't already been collected by Pixar. "Space Chimps" isn't exactly the level of quality animated filmmaking audiences might expect in the summer season. Once arrived, the situation swiftly unravels, forcing the hairy explorers to band together to battle Zartog (Jeff Daniels), a local who's taken control of a previous NASA exploration vehicle and rules the land with his metallic might. Their mission is to travel into deep space, enter a wormhole, and explore an alien world. Recruited by the government to take part in a new space mission, Ham is thrown together with fellow chimps Luna (Cheryl Hines) and Titan (Patrick Warburton) and sent into training.
Grandson to a famous simian who long ago heroically launched into space, Ham (voiced by Andy Samberg) is stuck in the circus, shot out of a cannon nightly to painful results.
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If you're a respectable production that wants to be taken seriously and can't even scrounge up the coin to license Yello's 1985 hit "Oh Yeah," instead electing to use a tinny sound-alike.that should be the first clue that something is seriously awry with the movie. "Space Chimps" is many things, but the one advantage it lacks is a sizable budget.
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