buddy be an entertaining family film set in a time when humanize animal and and make them cute be an accepted way to get people to be interested in them . base on a true story and buddy show the great love that the main character have for animal and for each other and and that they will do anything for each other . while not a perfect movie and the animated gorilla be quite lifelike most of the time and the mayhem that occur within the home be usually amuse for child . this film miss an opportunity to address the mistake of bring wild animal into the home a pet and but do show the difficulty . a recommend film which be the first for jim henson production .