It was a nice film, pretty predicable, while many critics tore this film apart, I'll offer a nicer tone. The movie starts off with scenes of a captive Capuchin monkey (Gigi) who is rescued by an animal trainer and eventually taken to be come a service animal. Later on we see the little with the main character, Nate Gibson (Charlie Rowe) is the only son of a rather wealthy family who seem to own a big home in Tennessee and North Carolina. On a warm July 4th weekend, Nate jumps off a cliff and into deep waters which eventually led to him getting Meningitis, leading to paralysis.
After losing hope and an attempted suicide, Nate's parents decided to get him a service animal and here comes Gigi. Love store from the beginning. However the scenes that mar this movie.
1). The prolonged chase by their family dog. It wasn't even a rough breed, but the curious dog chased Gigi all around the house and no one seemed to be able to stop it. The case caused extensive damage to the property and even created a rift between the parents. Made the family look weak.
2). The Party Scene. Nate decides to go to a party where there were boos and drugs, and decided to take Gigi with him. Why? Not sure, but I don't recall ever wanting to take my dog to a party. Made Nate look real dumb.
3). The vilification of the animal rights activists. This was a hard pill to swallow since most people see them as heros and not militants. I never heard of animal rights throwing paint at a private property and congregating around a courtroom, led a 'Karen' played by Welker White. Just seems too unreal.
Gigi was then taken away because the bill passed the making Capuchin monkeys illegal as service animals, making the militant animal rights activist the winner. So only way to solve this issue is moving from Tennessee to nearby North Carolina Capuchins are legal. So the rich family up and leaves to a new life with their money.
Very predicable, but enjoyable....as a Hallmark Channel movie.
After losing hope and an attempted suicide, Nate's parents decided to get him a service animal and here comes Gigi. Love store from the beginning. However the scenes that mar this movie.
1). The prolonged chase by their family dog. It wasn't even a rough breed, but the curious dog chased Gigi all around the house and no one seemed to be able to stop it. The case caused extensive damage to the property and even created a rift between the parents. Made the family look weak.
2). The Party Scene. Nate decides to go to a party where there were boos and drugs, and decided to take Gigi with him. Why? Not sure, but I don't recall ever wanting to take my dog to a party. Made Nate look real dumb.
3). The vilification of the animal rights activists. This was a hard pill to swallow since most people see them as heros and not militants. I never heard of animal rights throwing paint at a private property and congregating around a courtroom, led a 'Karen' played by Welker White. Just seems too unreal.
Gigi was then taken away because the bill passed the making Capuchin monkeys illegal as service animals, making the militant animal rights activist the winner. So only way to solve this issue is moving from Tennessee to nearby North Carolina Capuchins are legal. So the rich family up and leaves to a new life with their money.
Very predicable, but enjoyable....as a Hallmark Channel movie.