| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | Cinema |
Cynical satire on White Western political systems that nonetheless manages to engage the intellect as well as the emotions.
The old battle between Faith and Science is well to the fore here as Christianity is mocked for its continuing need to suppress scientific discoveries in order to continue its own power-base of power based on force. Science is presented in Darwinian terms as the presenter of objective and empirical evidence for the hypothesis of Evolution - here humorously reversed as Apes evolving from Man.
Both systems are amoral since Christianity has no built-in ethical code any more than does a science that preaches the pursuit of knowledge no matter what the consequences. While condemning the inevitable combination of Faith and Force, the screenwriters are grown-up enough - at the film’s striking denouement to admit that unfettered science can have disastrous results.
A well-acted movie by actors committed to the bizarre yet clever premise in which the heavy makeup never fully obscures the acting. This is especially true of the wonderful Kim HUNTER who utterly convinces and captivates as the simpatico chimpanzee animal psychologist.
The ultimate prelapsarian movie that makes the case for a proper distinction between living in innocence and merely existing in ignorance.
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