MVP: Most Valuable Primate

Even parents might find themselves having fun.

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.

Sweet and sort of cute -- watch and see if it doesn't kind of sneak up on you.

Has its moments.

Neither chimps nor children should be subjected to such shabby mediocrity.

A dull, amateurish mixture of the sentimental and the obvious.

A lark gone utterly awry.