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Monkey Kingdom's breathtaking footage of primates in the wild is likely to please animal lovers of all ages.
All Critics (53) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
This may be an unabashed, Disneyfied version of nature. But it's also fun, touching, and expertly assembled. Apr 17, 2015 | Full Review…
This may be an unabashed, Disneyfied version of nature. But it's also fun, touching, and expertly assembled.
Bilge Ebiri
You're likely to laugh and learn in equal measure-and so will your little ones. Apr 17, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
You're likely to laugh and learn in equal measure-and so will your little ones.
Christy Lemire
An enjoyable documentary, with some painless lessons. And a good heart, too ... Apr 17, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
An enjoyable documentary, with some painless lessons. And a good heart, too ...
Stephen Whitty
The story of the colony's exile and return feels like a dull sermon, but the animals themselves, with their expressive faces and Moe Howard hairdos, can switch from slapstick to pathos faster than Charlie Chaplin. Apr 17, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The story of the colony's exile and return feels like a dull sermon, but the animals themselves, with their expressive faces and Moe Howard hairdos, can switch from slapstick to pathos faster than Charlie Chaplin.
Liam Lacey
"Monkey Kingdom" clocks in at a very digestible 82 minutes and doesn't overstay its welcome. It doesn't monkey around - that's left to the film's subjects, who are more than happy to oblige. Apr 17, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…
"Monkey Kingdom" clocks in at a very digestible 82 minutes and doesn't overstay its welcome. It doesn't monkey around - that's left to the film's subjects, who are more than happy to oblige.
Adam Graham
Stick around for the credits to find out how pivotal scenes were shot for this worthy addition to Disney's long tradition of nature family films. Apr 16, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Stick around for the credits to find out how pivotal scenes were shot for this worthy addition to Disney's long tradition of nature family films.
Linda Barnard
Minor ethical questions do linger... But the higher-level mission here, to engender fascination among young viewers, is well accomplished. Jun 15, 2016 | Full Review…
Minor ethical questions do linger... But the higher-level mission here, to engender fascination among young viewers, is well accomplished.
Jonathan Kiefer
Simplistic, but a charming and child-friendly introduction to our cousins in the wild that no zoo could provide, with a monkey heroine whom kids will cheer. Jan 21, 2016 | Full Review…
Simplistic, but a charming and child-friendly introduction to our cousins in the wild that no zoo could provide, with a monkey heroine whom kids will cheer.
MaryAnn Johanson
Disney knows animals, animated and otherwise, and they prove it again with Monkey Kingdom, the company's eighth in its annual series of Earth Day-related films and the best one yet. Dec 18, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Disney knows animals, animated and otherwise, and they prove it again with Monkey Kingdom, the company's eighth in its annual series of Earth Day-related films and the best one yet.
Michael Smith
The animal antics, shot primarily in Sri Lanka, are splendidly photographed and frequently charming, but it's hard not to notice how desperately the movie tries to anthropomorphize the characters. Dec 18, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
The animal antics, shot primarily in Sri Lanka, are splendidly photographed and frequently charming, but it's hard not to notice how desperately the movie tries to anthropomorphize the characters.
Norman Wilner
Fey's combination of deadpan delivery, comic timing and deep sympathy for all things goofy keeps the narrative part of the film swinging from scene to scene in nimble fashion, but it's the monkeys who rule this kingdom. Dec 12, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Fey's combination of deadpan delivery, comic timing and deep sympathy for all things goofy keeps the narrative part of the film swinging from scene to scene in nimble fashion, but it's the monkeys who rule this kingdom.
Katherine Monk
It's this up-close-and-personal photography style that makes Monkey Kingdom and the other Disneynature films so effective. It's impossible to watch the results without constantly contemplating the process it took to get the footage. Nov 5, 2015 | Full Review…
It's this up-close-and-personal photography style that makes Monkey Kingdom and the other Disneynature films so effective. It's impossible to watch the results without constantly contemplating the process it took to get the footage.
Josh Terry
True, Monkey Kingdom heeds closely to the established Disneynature formula of creating family-friendly stories out of beautiful footage from animals in the wild, but Monkey Kingdom also has the advantage of a thoroughly engaging story, perhaps more-so than the other films in the series. What the monkeys lack in adorability, at least compared to the main creatures in last years Bears, they make up for in pure entertainment. These monkeys are fun to watch and interesting in the fact that their lives are dominated by a social structure. This creates almost sympathy out of the lower class heroine Maya and her son Kip. Yes it is a story imbued with Disneyness and even giving Maya a sort of princess tale, but it is also touching and frequently exciting. I do hope though that for their next film, which appears to be Born in China, that Disneynature will branch out of the single location kind of idea and return to Earth and Oceans roots. That being said, Monkey Kingdom is a dose of refreshing family entertainment and will get kids interested in the lives of such rarely seen creatures. Rating: 82
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