Is anyone allowed to criticise this movie? You seem anxious to defend it no matter what. I agree it's dark and there are distrurbing scenes, but that's fine by me, i let my 3 year old twins watch it and they enjoy it immensely. I'm not worried about the content of the film, although i think the chimps and their animal trainers should have had more comeback for stealing the bag, kidnapping the pig and then nearly getting him killed by the dogs. Like i say, the problems with this film aren't the contentious scenes, the problem is the narrative and direction. The narrative is a mess, the film stumbles from one scene to the next in a confusing jumble of scenes slowly moving towards who knows what (fine for entertaining a couple of three year olds and that's probably why they enjoy it but not that interesting for adults). The direction is also awful, especially of the animals, in many places they just stand still and silent looking at each other (looking embarrassed) just to fill space. I'm surprised that many on here consider it such a great film. Compared to what exactly? It doesn't come close to the skill and sharpness of other kids films like 'Toy Story' or 'The Incredibles', or even 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' etc... It's a 3rd rate wannabe Roald Dhal movie at best.
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