MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)

08/11/2000 (CA) • 1h 33m

Comedy, Family

Jack skates a little faster... Shoots a little harder... And is driving everyone bananas.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kevin Zegers

Steven Westover

Jamie Renée Smith

Tara Westover

Lomax Study

Dr. Kendall

Jane Sowerby

Julie Beston

Ingrid Tesch

Susie Westover

Philip Granger

Mark Westover

Rick Ducommun

Coach Marlowe


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Part of the MVP Collection

Includes MVP: Most Valuable Primate, MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate, MXP: Most Xtreme Primate

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,500,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

sports

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