A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
By Jack Kroll (152) for Newsweek (1,534) on 12 Feb 1999
Review of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
By Vincent Canby (762) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 Jul 2004
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By Luis Martinez (274) for Cinenganos (252) on 19 Oct 2005
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes was released in 1984 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 146 reviews, giving Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Professional critics were more impressed with Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 62%, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1984, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1984 with similar scores include films like Police Academy, Breakin' and Night of the Comet.
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