a a film school graduate and i have see my share of terrible film . be a fan of james franco and i felt that the ape would at least be interesting . instead and i be trick into watch a pretentious james franco ego trip . the only good part of the film be it music and which wasn not feature enough . otherwise and this film be slowly pace and overly perverse and wordy and misdirect and miscast and wildly unclever . i hate bash somebody hard work and but if i be to sugar coat my feeling and somebody might make the same mistake that i make by watch the ape . the next time james franco have this much time on his hand and i suggest he take up treasure hunting and or anything else that doesn not involve write or direct .