i enjoy the innocence of this film and how the character have to deal with the reality of have a powerful animal in their midst . the gorilla look just terrific and and the eye be especially lifelike . it even a little scary at time and should have child slightly frighten without go over the top . rene russo play her role wonderfully feminine . usually these type of hollywood film that take place in the past feel the need to create a straw man villain but the only adversary be the gorilla . it an interesting look at how close some animal be to human and how they feel the same emotion we do and and yet how we really can not treat them just like people because they aren not . not many film venture into this territory and it worth see if you want to contemplate the human animal similarity .