2/5 Don't monkey around with this one...
  by Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
Andy Samberg = Hilarious
Cheryl Hines = Hilarious
Put them in a movie together and you get; boring?

Okay, so not a movie, but an animated film. I would never have guessed that two of my favorite comedians (well, not favorites, but I like them very much) would NOT perform very good voice over work. I really thought that they would excel here, but they are bland and uninteresting. Patrick Warburton, on the other hand, should do EVERY cartoon, seriously. In fact, if it weren't for his quick wit and stellar voice skills I would have given this mundane monkey mess ONE star. He bumps this drudgery up to a D grade for me.

With an array of predictable and tiresome `chimp' jokes, `Space Chimps' makes very little of a promising concept. When a probe goes through a time warp and disappears a group of monkeys trained for space are sent up in a ship to make sure that the warp is safe for humans (if the monkeys melt or explode or combust or whatever then they know NOT to send the humans). The only problem is that the monkeys actually think that they are astronauts, so when they get to the planet they think they are really on a mission of great importance. Add to that the fact that the planet they land on has been hostilely taken over by a tyrant using the probe as a weapon and you have an adventure for these little primates.

It's too bad it's not interesting.

The storyline built for the alien world is clichéd and mediocre, offering nothing new except a poorly developed rehashing of previous alien films. Jeff Daniels voice work is unrecognizable and obnoxious and horrible and, well, yeah; all of that. The creatures are boring and simple, all except Kilowatt (her scene in the cave made me chuckle a bit, even if it was a ridiculous play on emotions). It's just a poorly made film all the way around.

It's lazy. That's the best way to put it. This is a lazy attempt at money. They took a pretty neat idea and wasted it by putting zero effort into making it spectacular. There are many, many animated films out there MUCH better than this pile of dookie. Watch one of those.

Oh yeah, and next time, give Jane Lynch a bigger part!

4/5 haha! great movie :)
  by Jeremy Yesudas (none of your business)
The movie starts out as if it is going to make you regret buying/renting it. But the ending goes above and beyond most endings and helps make up for the crappy start.
Overall a great movie with lots of chuckle-able moments- worth the rent :)

5/5 Space Chimps fast delivery
  by A. Aulds (Louisiana)
I ordered this movie for my 2 1/2 year old daughter. Was amazed at how fast the movie shipped. The movie is good quality. I will definitely order future childrens and adult movies from Amazon and would recommend others to do the same. Excellent service all the way around!

4/5 Cute Animated Movie - Recommended
  by CFH (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA)
"Space Chimps" is a mostly harmless animated movie aimed at pre-teens, but contains a lot of subtle adult refferences. The story line was enjoyable, the animations was good (but not outstanding), and the voice acting was fairly good.

No plot spoilers from me, the movie centers on Ham III who is the grandson of the first monkey sent into space. Ham III is selected to join a dangerous mission to investigate a missing NASA probe. Along the way there are lessons in love, loyalty, and duty.

Some of the NASA scientist refferences were very funny to me since my father, sister, and brother-in-law were/are NASA engineers. Some of the sterotyping hit a little close to home.

Overall this is a fairly safe movie to show the kids and there is a good bit for adults as well. Recommended.

5/5 Space Chimps
  by JEO (Fremont, CA)
Came within a week. Since it's a gift I don't know if it plays well.