Metacritic Film

MVP: Most Valuable Primate

Starring Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renée Smith, Oliver Muirhead, Rick Ducommun, and Kirby Morrow

MPAA RATING: PG for some mild language

Keystone Family Pictures
Family/Kids
93 minutes | Color
Canada
Released In Theaters October 20, 2000

Jack is chimpanzee who loves to play hockey. MVP chronicles his hilarious rookie year.

WRITTEN BY
Anne Vince
Robert Vince

DIRECTED BY
Robert Vince

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

43 / 100

Critic Reviews

75 New York Post
Even parents might find themselves having fun.
60 The New York Times
For juvenile filmgoers and families in search of a more-than-twice-told tale with uplifting messages about the rewards of perseverance, the virtues of animals and acceptance of the handicapped, MVP will do.
50 TV Guide
Sweet and sort of cute -- watch and see if it doesn't kind of sneak up on you.
40 LA Weekly Nicole Campos
Has its moments.
38 Chicago Tribune Patrick Z. McGavin
A dull, amateurish mixture of the sentimental and the obvious.
38 New York Daily News
Neither chimps nor children should be subjected to such shabby mediocrity.
20 Variety
A lark gone utterly awry.

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