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Project X
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who respond to compassionate human-animal bonds and ethical dramas that challenge impersonal scientific and military authority.
- Tone
- tense, melancholic, sentimental
- Payoff
- catharsis, heartbreak
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- animal intelligence, friendship, ethical responsibility, institutional secrecy, exploitation
- Setting
- late twentieth century, secluded military research facility