Other Titles • MVP: Most Valuable Primate • Snapshot (1999)
Synopses for MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
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How does Jack, a chimpanzee with the IQ of a genius, end up living in the frozen North and playing hockey on a kids' junior hockey team? It all starts with the unfortunate demise of the professor who trains and cares for him and the dean's plans to sell Jack to a research facility. Jack's somewhat slow-witted janitor friend puts Jack on a train bound for the El Simian reserve, but he sleeps through his stop and winds up in a small Canadian town instead. Jack quickly befriends Tara Westover, a deaf girl recently transplanted from California, and her brother Steven. Mishaps abound as Jack attempts to blend into the town, but eventually he joins Steven on the local hockey team--as its star player! Can Jack turn around the team's dismal record? Can Steven and Tara prevent the dean from catching up with Jack and sending him to the research lab?
This is a touching story about a close-knit, functional family and its interaction with a smart, adorable chimp. While this 93-minute film does contain some fairly violent hockey scenes, it is for the most part wholesome family entertainment that celebrates such values as open-mindedness, caring, and compassion. The chimps are thoroughly entertaining, and Kevin Zegers (Steven) and Jamie Renée Smith (Tara) do a nice job with their roles. Ages 5 and up. --Tami Horiuchi
(15 votes)
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In MVP: MOST VALUABLE PRIMATE, a chimpanzee named Jack goes on a big adventure to Nelson, British Columbia. Compared to the tropical climate of the research laboratory where he was born, the chilly snowy weather in Canada is a big change for Jack. But he quickly finds a warm and comfortable home when he makes friends with a young deaf girl, Tara (Tara Westover), and her older brother Steven (Steven Westover), who treat him like a member of their family and invite him to live with them. While Jack helps Steven train to win a hockey tournament, he learns to communicate with Tara using sign language. Jack is having a wonderful adventure until scientists from the research lab come to take Jack home, and Tara and Steven must search for a way to let him stay.
(15 votes)
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Jack skates a little faster…Shoots a little harder…And is driving everyone bananas!
When Jack, a sign language-speaking chimp, is sold to a research lab, he makes a break for freedom -- and ends up stranded in the frozen northlands. Befriended by two teens, Jack's talent for ice skating soon turns him into the local hockey team's secret weapon. Now, the playoffs are in full swing. The lab officials are closing in. And Jack has one chance to prove that when it comes to skating away with the affections of an entire town, he doesn't monkey around!
(15 votes)
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