X
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 48 m
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 48 m
Summary An Air Force pilot (Matthew Broderick) joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".
Directed By: Jonathan Kaplan
Written By: Lawrence Lasker, Stanley Weiser
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 48 m
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 48 m
Project X
61
User Score
Generally Favorable
6.8
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Summary An Air Force pilot (Matthew Broderick) joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".
Directed By: Jonathan Kaplan
Written By: Lawrence Lasker, Stanley Weiser
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
61
60% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
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5 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
61
60% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
33% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Plenty of strikes against this--moronic story line, obligatory animal mugging, more "awwwww" opportunities than any film since 3 Men and a Cradle--but it's still one of the most accomplished pulp fantasies in a while...When everything finally comes together, it works wonderfully well.
Along the way, director Jonathan Kaplan (Over the Edge, Heart Like a
Wheel) deftly extracts from Virgil's predicament rivers of the milk of
human kindness and encourages excellent performances from Broderick
(Ferris Bueller is old enough to smoke and drink beer legally in this one,
but he still looks like a kid) and Helen Hunt, Virgil's Wisconsin trainer. [20 Apr 1987]
Project X is not a great movie because its screenplay doesn't really try for greatness. It's content to be a well-made, intelligent entertainment aimed primarily, I imagine, at bright teenagers. It works on that level.
The original screenplay by Stanley Weiser (based on a story by Weiser and Lasker) offers intriguing situations, and Jonathan Kaplan's direction hurries the action along. Perhaps because he has covered the same territory before, Broderick's performance is surprisingly flat. Helen Hunt fares better, especially in her scenes with Willie. [18 June 1987]
If nothing else, Project X is the ultimate film for monkey lovers. Some quite endearing chimpanzees share center stage with Matthew Broderick for nearly two hours here, and while they, and he, are engaging enough to watch, picture lets its manipulative strings show too clearly.
Project X strains credibility. Too often it seems an overreaching variation on "WarGames."
Project X is a predictable, sappy Save The Monkeys movie. [17 Apr 1987, p.1D]
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
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Awards
Political Film Society, USA
• 1 Nomination
