MVP: Most Valuable Primate
“Jack skates a little faster... Shoots a little harder... And is driving everyone bananas.”
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.
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3 films
Cast
24 people
Kevin Zegers
Steven Westover
Known for
The Colony
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Jamie Renée Smith
Tara Westover
Known for
Dante's Peak
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Alexa Benette Fox
Jane
Also in
The Lazarus Child
Lomax Study
Dr. Kendall
Known for
Boeing, Boeing
Russell Ferrier
Darren
Known for
Crying Freeman
Jane Sowerby
Julie Beston
Also in
Instant Star
Comforting Skin
Ingrid Tesch
Susie Westover
Known for
Tin Man
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Philip Granger
Mark Westover
Known for
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Backrooms
Rick Ducommun
Coach Marlowe
Known for
Groundhog Day
The 'Burbs
Aaron Smolinski
Pete
Known for
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
Shane Vajda
Moose
Also in
First Wave
Trevor Roberts
Larry
Known for
Helstrom
Just Add Romance
Robert Vince Director · Anne Vince Writer Brahm Wenger Composer
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $4.5M · United States release October 20, 2000
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$1,248,746
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Keystone Family Pictures
Production
Funky Monkey Productions
Production
Air Bud Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Fund (CPTC)
Production
Canada · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · August 11, 2000
Theatrical
United States · October 20, 2000
Theatrical
Germany
December 23, 2001 · TV
Japan
April 7, 2001 · Digital
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