MVP: Most Valuable Primate
Jack skates a little faster... Shoots a little harder... And is driving everyone bananas.
2000 | 93m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Vince |
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| Writer: | Robert Vince, Anne Vince |
| Staring: |
| Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 11, 2000 |
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| Director: | Robert Vince |
| Writer: | Robert Vince, Anne Vince |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy |
| Keywords | sports |
| Production Companies | Keystone Family Pictures, Funky Monkey Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kevin Zegers | Steven Westover |
| Jamie Renée Smith | Tara Westover |
| Alexa Benette Fox | Jane |
| Lomax Study | Dr. Kendall |
| Russell Ferrier | Darren |
| Jane Sowerby | Julie Beston |
| Ingrid Tesch | Susie Westover |
| Philip Granger | Mark Westover |
| Rick Ducommun | Coach Marlowe |
| Aaron Smolinski | Pete |
| Shane Vajda | Moose |
| Trevor Roberts | Larry |
| Frank C. Turner | Bart |
| Campbell Lane | Melvin |
| Bernie, Mac, and Louie | Jack |
| Ray Galletti | Magoo |
| Myles Ferguson | Waterboy |
| Dave Thomas | Willy Drucker |
| David James Lewis | Organist |
| Oliver Muirhead | Dr. Peabody |
| Jay Brazeau | Harry |
| Patrick Cranshaw | Ron |
| Louie | Jack |
| Louie | Louie |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Kelly Herron | Editor |
| Robert Vince | Writer, Director |
| Glen Winter | Director of Photography |
| Anne Vince | Writer |
| Brian Davie | Production Design |
| Cali Newcomen | Costume Design |
| Lorna Johnson | Casting |
| Daryl Hartwell | Dolly Grip |
| Brahm Wenger | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Vince | Executive Producer |
| Ian Fodie | Producer |
| Anne Vince | Executive Producer |
| Michael Strange | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Low quality, but a harmlessly fine 90 minutes. I found <em>'MVP: Most Valuable Primate'</em> to be perfectly passable. Sure it isn't a movie that requires any sort of thinking, it's very silly and would never top great film lists and/or win any major awards. However, not a single part of me disli ... ked this as a movie. It's flimsy but watchable. The beginning also holds more depth than anticipated. Kevin Zegers and Jamie Renée Smith are likeable leads, while those chimps are cute - and convincing 'actors', btw! Rick Ducommun is also involved, always remember that guy from 1994's <em>'Blank Check'</em>. Elsewhere, I proper thought Devin Ratray appears here as Larry, turns out he was played by Trevor Roberts - a bit of a doppelgänger! Two more of these flicks left to watch. One of the best trilogies of all-time, I'm sure.