Summary
Teenage monkey Spark and his friends, Chunk and Vix, are on a mission to regain Planet Bana - a kingdom overtaken by the evil overlord Zhong.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+27)
Critics 18Audiences 45GoodWatch 32
Metascore22
Tomatometer13%
User score5.1
Letterboxd · 787 ratings2.5/5
IMDb4.4
Audience score34%
Box office
3%of its budget back
- Budget
- $40 M
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it made back $1 M of the $40 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most adventure movies, −12 min on the typical 103
typical 10391Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 17 countries, rent or buy in 31 more
+7Released
2016
April 22, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyScience FictionLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PortugueseMade in
Canada
South Korea
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 8 more13 people
- Jace NormanSpark (voice)
- Jessica BielVix (voice)
- Susan SarandonBananny (voice)
- Patrick StewartThe Captain (voice)
- Hilary SwankThe Queen (voice)
- Rob deLeeuwChunk (voice)
- A.C. PetersonZhong (voice)
- Athena KarkanisKoko (voice)
Ivan SherryAnnouncer (voice)
Jason DelineVarious (voice)- AWAaron WoodleyFloyd (voice)
Jordan PettleThe King / Guards (voice)- SPShannon PerreaultBananastar (voice)
Directing · 1
- Aaron Woodley Director, Story, Writer
Writing · 2
- Daniel Woo Story
- Joe Giampapa Storyboard
Production · 6
- Mike Karz Executive Producer
- Zheng Jun Producer
- Jung Woo-kyung Producer
- Youngki Lee Producer
- Tracy Grant Producer
- Harry Linden Producer
Editing · 1
- Rob Gyorgy Digital Intermediate Editor
Sound · 1
- Robert Duncan Original Music Composer
Other crew · 3
- Robert Reece Additional Writing
- Adam Rotstein Additional Writing
- Doug Hadders Additional Writing
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