Monkeys, Go Home!

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Summary: A Gem of A Movie, Extras or Not
Review: I loved this movie. The cast is wonderful, especially Yvette Mimieux and those darling chimps. The scenery is very beautiful and evokes a safe and light-hearted mood. Disney has made some very good movies involving animals (others being "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit.") True, the DVD does not have a lot of the extras that people are used to, but if you are a Disney fan who enjoys a good clear picture, don't let that bother you.

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Summary: A Fun Disney Movie
Review: I remember seeing this movie at school in the 4th grade in 1974! I hadn't seen it again until now. It brought back a lot of memories.
It is fair to say that this movie "mainly" works because of the four monkeys involved. The film is quite funny at times with the story ever innocent and delightful. Only the Disney team can dream up a plot involving NASA trained monkeys to work on an olive farm in small town France! The film was shot at the Disney Studios but still looks and sounds good. This is mainly thanks to matte artist Peter Elleshaw and the Sherman Brothers song writing team for the nicely sounding "Joire de Vivre". Mauice Chevalier is ever upbeat and smiling. This was his last movie appearance but he did come out of retirement to sing the opening credits song for The Aristocats. Dean Jones is fine in this movie...his style seems to suit this type of light Disney comedy. If you love family movies, this will definitely suit...and the kids will love it to. If you are a Disney fan...then this is a must.
Note that there are no extra or bonus features on this DVD but for the price you will be getting a fun Disney film.

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Summary: Not a family movie(maybe Osborn's)
Review: We bought the movie to watch with our young children. In the first 1 minute there is a scene of grabing and kissing a girl againts her will(I guess this was funny in the 60's), there is also a riot that breaks out where the men are fighting in the streets, punching, hitting ect.. Then there's the wonderful scene where a person is scared into leaving the farm by being told the former owner torchered and murdered his wives and now the house is haunted by their ghost. Then there is the dishonest real esate man who plots to gain ownership of the farm by illegal and dishonest means. Oh yes there is also 4 monkeys. Not a great family film.

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Summary: no widescreen or extras
Review: What a shame that Disney is taking the cheap way out with so many of its DVD's. They can make them great when they want to, check the "Vault Disney Collection" at Amazon to see just how good they can be. Come on Disney, how do you take such a great movie and dump it like a piece of junk. The lack of widescreen or high quality sound is really sad for a company that makes more money than any other at re-releasing it's old material.
Also no extras? Not even some outakes, gallery stuff, theatrical trailers. I could live with that I guess but I refuse to buy any of the new disney DVD's that are not in widescreen, and tons of people I know from disney clugs and message boards feel the same way.

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Summary: Lame, Lame, Lame
Review: You'd think a movie with four monkeys in it would be good, but even the monkeys suck. The only good parts are Yvette Mimieux and Maurice Chevalier. And Dean Jones is totally unappealing, especially opposite Ms. Mimieux. Dream on.