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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDelightful from beginning to end.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe CG animation is nothing special, but the characters are surprisingly fun and the story is full of enough puns, wordplay and slapstick to elicit laughs from across the age spectrum.
- 42The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonStory remains Vanguard's weak point.
- 40VarietyVarietyEnjoyably slim family entertainment.
- The film is suitable for all ages, but there's probably not enough fuel beyond cute chimps in Candyland to achieve orbit for the kids.
- 30Washington PostWashington PostKids sense when a movie is being noisy and frantic just to keep them distracted; these apes are overcaffeinated.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyWhile candy-colored graphics should dazzle kids, Space Chimps has little draw for audiences spoiled by the Pixar-given knowledge that CGI can entertain -- and not just stupefy -- moviegoers of any age.
- 25Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSucks a whole lot of talented people into a wormhole of lousy. The film either needed to be a lot wittier to make up for the way it looks, or a lot better-looking to compensate for the funny it isn't.
- 25USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigOnly a truly dreadful story could make 81 minutes seem like an eternity. And Space Chimps is just that leaden experience.
- 20L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe animation, incidentally, is half-a--ed, like they ran out of the $292.96 budget halfway through. Rip-off indeed.