Review of Project Nim (2011) by John T — 04 Mar 2012
PROJECT NIM 6 out of 10 This the the story of Nim , a chimpanzee who was taken away from his mother at birth and as part of an experiment , put with a human family to see how would act with learning to sign and living without his own kind.
The problem is that the incompetent people in charge of the project cared nothing of Nim and therefore his life was ultimately a really bad one.
Herbert Terrace , the head of the project , comes out of this really badly. Not only was he pervert who slept with the young girls who worked with him ( god knows what they saw in him) he also didn't care what happened to Nim.
A nasty little man that should be ashamed of himself.
The documentary has lots of archive footage of Nim and the many people who worked with him but it still did not have the affect on me that it obviously did on others. Perhaps it's because I didn't really feel for the ape. It bit too many people to feel much sympathy with him.
This documentary is described on the poster as Great , Powerful and breathtaking .Sadly, It was none of these.
This review of Project Nim (2011) was written by John T on 04 Mar 2012.
Project Nim has generally received very positive reviews.
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