83
Metascore
33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreHere's a documentary so slick, novel, touching and outrageous that your first thought might be "This has to be fake."
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA fascinating and in many ways tragic documentary, takes us back to one of the high-water marks of the apes-are-people-too era.
- 80Boxoffice MagazineSteve RamosBoxoffice MagazineSteve RamosBritish filmmaker James Marsh recreates this tale of an ambitious primate language study through traditional face-the-camera interviews, clever graphics and dramatic recreations.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinYou get a bad feeling early in Project Nim, the brilliant, traumatizing documentary by James Marsh (Man on Wire).
- While this is fascinating material, it's the flawed human behavior it exposes that makes the story so compelling. And yet what elevates Marsh's film is the even-handedness of his perspective.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceMarsh's film remains a deeply haunting portrait of the unbridgeable gap between kindred species.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe good news is that the film's stylistic excesses don't negate the many fascinating aspects of Nim's story.
- 50Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerTo drive home the pathos of Nim's mistreatment, James Marsh frequently makes questionable use of the creature's apparent similarity to human beings, trading complex analysis for easy sentiment.