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Created Nov 18, 2015 10:31PM PST • Edited Dec 05, 2015 01:43AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Really Great 4.5

   Monkey Kingdom is a joy of a documentary, easily beloved by young and old alike. More fun than a barrel of monkeys … er, sort of a barrel of monkeys come to life, it profiles lovable little Sri Lankan primates.

   These little macacas swing from each others’ tails, for goodness sakes. Yet they’re also heartless, cruel and tribal, a reminder that subhumans tend to live lives that are nasty, brutish and short. Don’t let that scare you away however. The movie is mostly sweet, very loving and extremely luxuriant.

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

   • Maya, the lead female, yet one of low caste
   • Kip, her newborn son
   • Raja, the troupe’s alpha male
   • The Sisterhood, a trio of high status females
   • Kumar, a newcomer wishing entrance to the tribe

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Really Great 4.5

    Hey, hey, we’re the monkeys is a great way to open a movie about monkeys, macacas in particular. Sri Lankan macacas are a particularly charismatic breed of monkey, playful and lovable.

11. Direction Really Great 4.5

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Really Great 4.5

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.7

17. Sex Innocent 1.3

18. Violence Fierce 1.8

19. Rudeness Salty 2.0

21. Reality

    Natural 1.0

    The sanctimonious Left blames people for the world’s ills, men most of all. Yet Monkey Kingdom gives documentary evidence that subhumans are the cruelest of all, albeit their reach doesn’t exceed their grasp.

    Three upper-caste females subjugate a lower-caste mother and her unprotected son in Monkey Kingdom.

    Morality – superior or otherwise – ain’t got nothing to do with it.

22. Circumstantial Natural 1.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0