Jul 21, 2008 I took two boys, age nine and twelve, to see Space Chimps (rated G). Below you will find my review of the movie and theirs, too.  Space Chimps was released July 18, 2008.

My opinion on the movie, the adult point of view:

This is one of those movies that parents go to see only for their children and should not expect to get much enjoyment out of it for themselves. There were a few little ‘inside jokes’ thrown in for adults. For example, one monkey asks another, “Is that a banana in your pocket?” and one monkey in the control room slams an empty banana peal down and says, “It looks like I picked the wrong day to quit eating bananas.”

I was surprised when early in the movie a space probe from earth landed on a planet that looked like Teletubbie land. Don’t worry, the brightly colored creatures on this planet are not exactly like teletubbies, they have a larger vocabulary.

As far as for younger kids seeing this movie, there are a couple things young children might find scary. A frightening fish-looking creature lives in a cave and chases the main characters. No one gets killed in the movie, although for a while it looks like one character may have gotten eaten. Some young children might possibly find the bad guy a little scary. He controls the space probe and uses it to terrorize the other creatures on the planet, randomly grabbing creatures and freezing them in this weird silver liquid.

The kids opinion of the movie, the children’s point of view:

The twelve-year-old says on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest) he’d give it a 3. He stated that he wouldn’t see it again, but there were some parts he thought were funny. His favorite part was where a silly creature approached the monkeys in an odd way and one of the monkeys said, “Oh great. It’s drunk.” He was also entertained by the scientist with the Indian accent, like the guy in the movie Short Circut 2. The nine year old said that on a scale of 1-10, he’d give the movie a 7. Although he said it was good, he wouldn’t want to see it again, either (thank goodness, because there is no way I’d pay to see that movie twice).

Movie mom gives the movie a B and rates it for ages kindergarten to 3rd grade. Also be sure to read the comments on this movie at Movie Mom’s site. One parent said that the bad guy really scared her seven-year-old.