MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate

"The Most Valuable Primate Has Just Gone Vertical!"

2001 1h 27m EN

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★5.8TMDB · 61★4IMDB · 1,395

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MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being ousted from his hockey team, the Seattle Simians, and having to hit the road after being falsely accused of league misconduct. Jack ends up in the city, where he's befriended by Ben, a homeless skateboarder, and Ollie, a skate shop owner. Jack proves to be as adept at mastering the half-pipe as he does at delivering a slap shot, and before long, he and Ben are crashing amateur skateboarder competitions all over the country.

“The Most Valuable Primate Has Just Gone Vertical!”

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Cast

Richard Karn
Ollie Plant
Scott Goodman
Ben
Cameron Bancroft
Rob Poirier
Jane Sowerby
Julie
Fred Keating
Coach Miller
Robert Costanzo
Beat Cop
Dolores Drake
Barbara Jones
Troy Ruptash
Tyson Fowler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Vince
Writers: Robert Vince, Elan Mastai, Anne Vince
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Canada

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "MVP Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Vince, shot by Glen Winter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Brahm Wenger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kelly Herron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Richard Karn and Scott Goodman and Cameron Bancroft carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Vince directs. Glen Winter behind the camera. Brahm Wenger scores. Kelly Herron cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Canada. Dialogue in English.

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187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.
4Part of the "MVP Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Robert Vince, shot by Glen Winter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Brahm Wenger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Kelly Herron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Richard Karn and Scott Goodman and Cameron Bancroft carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The Most Valuable Primate Has Just Gone Vertical!".
10IMDB entry: tt0285685 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 61 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Glen Winter
Original score: Brahm Wenger
Editing: Kelly Herron
Production design: Peter Andringa
Costume design: Maria Livingstone
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
IMDB rating: 4/10 · 1,395 votes
MPAA: G

Part of

MVP Collection

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. ack 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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r96sk2024-05-14
★ 5/10
Still not all that unwatchable, though <em>'MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate'</em> is a clear downgrade from the original. I still have nothing (aside from the standard 'using animals for entertainment' questionables, obvs) to dislike about these, they are so plain and unproblematic in movies terms that it's kinda impossible for me to get bored or anything with them. With that said, this is an objectively poor movie; especially when compared with the first film from the trilogy. The human actors are a step down, the chimps clearly aren't as well trained/convincing and the plot is more broken apart; a skateboarding chimp is quirky enough to be interesting, though mashing it alongside the ice hockey stuff doesn't work. The bits of the story with the characters of Scott Goodman and Richard Karn are, by process of elimination, the flick's biggest strength, though the former's low acting ability does hinder events onscreen - no hate on the kid actor, of course. Next up, the woefully titled <em>'MXP: Most Xtreme Primate'</em> - they couldn't have at least tied to stick with the MVP naming, eh?

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