Mutt
20Feb12
Good to see all my long held suspicions and prejudices about hippies finally confirmed.
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Kid Sisyphus
22Jan13
I find the fact that Nim was able to exact a modicum of vengeance upon his handlers by dragging one unwillingly around by her ankles in his spartan enclosure gratifying.
prestidigitator
16Sep12
they wanted to make nim human and they only made themselves inhuman. (this movie broke my heart.)
（☯）
2Sep12
Project Nim demonstrates that humans have the capacity to be as primitive and cruel as apes, and that chimps have the potential to communicate, empathize, and experience emotion like humans. I was impressed by the extent to which Nim was able to bond emotionally with the people he worked with, and the powerful guilt and sadness that some of them still had over leaving him behind.Bob Ingersoll's compassion was amazing
Henrique Amud
22May12
Infuriating and kinda devastating. A sad story about humans and chimps that says a lot about the world we live in and how people can't take responsibilities.
Richard Fong
24Feb12
Herb Terrace: "I never regarded him as a child; I regarded him as a scientific project."
Mutt
20Feb12
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from the movies, it’s that you shouldn’t run a scientific project teaching sign language to a chimp if you know jack squat about chimps, sign language and the scientific method.
Nelson Núñez
17Jan12
Usando como pretexto la odisea de un chimpancé convertido en sujeto de un curioso proyecto académico, James Marsh nos ofrece un sentido retrato de los mejor y lo peor del comportamiento humano: ambición, egoísmo, traición, amor y solidaridad (un poco en el espíritu de Au Hasard Balthazar). Los documentales de James Marsh tienen una estructura dramática digna de las mejores películas de ficción.
Matt Richards
15Jan12
Quite a frustrating watch at just the sheer retardation of everyone involved in the project. These people were supposed to be scientists but the doco has pretty much no science element to it; or not enough to present a more balanced view on one of the great failings of scientific curiosity in this instance. Poor old Nim. 3 stars.
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Xurxo G Penalta
22Dec11
MUST WATCH. what starts as a awkward science project ends as an emotional and affecting statement for the humane treatment of animals. documenting the unforgivable mistreatment of a baby primate through decades of experiments, medical testing, changing environments and owners. an instructive film to accompany the entertaining yet loaded RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. both important films of this year 2011
msmichel
10Aug11
Wonderful documentary from James Marsh not quite matching the brilliance of his earlier "Man on Wire" or "Wisconsin Death Trip" though. Great tale of an experiment in nurture vs nature as a new born chimpanzee is removed from his mother and raised in a human environment. A film full of colourful characters looking back on the 26 years of Nim's life. Gives one pause to think what we do in the name of science.
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Matthew_Lucas
23Jul11
Extraordinary documentary about a chimpanzee named Nim, who was the subject of a scientific experiment where he was raised as a human from infancy to study a chimp's ability to pick up human communication. What stars off as an adorable exercise in animal friendship becomes a tragic tale of betrayal and hardship, as Nim's growth makes him increasingly difficult to handle. A harrowing and intensely moving experience.
Tyler
19Jul11
A taut, engaging documentary, with some obvious stylistic debts to Errol Morris, but I'm pretty OK with that. Nice original soundtrack by Dickon Hinchcliffe of Tindersticks. I had a traumatic and definitely Nim-inspired dream about my dog after seeing this movie last night, and if a movie can get in my head that thoroughly, the filmmaker must have done something right.
Brandon Isaacson
15Jul11
This is a phenomenal film I saw at IFF Boston, where it was received with a standing ovation. For me, it elicited excitement, curiosity, outrage and tears, among many other emotions.I expect this film to be nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar in 2012, as the film is made expertly, and strongly stimulates both one’s intellect and emotions. See the rest of my write-up here: http://tinyurl.com/6j2j55h
Alice Tynan
23Jun11
James Marsh once again brings us a cracking tale from the 1970s, with colourful characters and a whole lot of heart. Just don't forget to take a hanky.