Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Project Nim end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Project Nim scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Project Nim violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Project Nim easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Project Nim

Name: Project Nim
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Bob Angelini, Bern Cohen, Reagan Leonard, Nim Chimpsky, Stephanie LaFarge

The world will be a different place once you've seen it through his eyes.

Directed by James Marsh

Produced by BBC Film, Red Box Films

201193 min6.9 / 10

A cerebral, melancholic documentary that traces one chimpanzee's journey through a flawed human experiment, revealing uncomfortable truths about both animal nature and human hubris.

From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.

Clusters

Mental Illness Caregiving The Bittersweet Cost of Living Wild Animals And Bears Science Technology And Industry Animal Movies

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

1970s Love Of Animals Chimpanzee Wild Animal Linguistics Animal Behaviour

Questions people ask

Is Project Nim sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does Project Nim end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Project Nim scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.
Is Project Nim violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Project Nim easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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