AwokeEnrightened Whenever a film bills itself as a "heartwarming comedy," it is rarely a good sign. Abe (Brad J. Sergi) lives with a giant five hundred pound gorilla named Bruno (guy in monkey suit). Abe resides on the outskirts of a small California town, scaring away the locals and defining the term "curmudgeon" since no one knows about Bruno and Abe aims to keep it that way. Abe thinks of Bruno as his son, and has taught him some amazing things. Bruno can use the toilet! Bruno can work the microwave! Bruno can make his own bed! Bruno can comprehend and react to every single word and gesture Abe uses!Bruno has also figured out the television remote control and has fallen in monkey love with animal show host Sarah (Blythe Metz...Bruno has good taste in homo sapien females). Ironic in a "heartwarming" tale that Abe has a "heart attack," even telling Bruno to call 911! Bruno panics and goes into town to find Abe's girlfriend Edie (Candice Rose), who also knows nothing of Bruno. The town (all twelve extras, er, citizens) is thrown into an uproar, but Bruno manages to lead Sheriff Kilgore (Kevin Scott Allen) to a still breathing Abe before escaping into the nearby woods.Some media, and Sarah, descend on the town as Kilgore makes plans to shoot to kill Bruno. Sergi, as Abe, does his best acting in the hospital scenes (unconscious) as Sarah tries to persuade the stereotypical stupid gun toting rednecks that casting aspersions about gorillas is narrow minded and dangerous.Done on the cheap, "Abe & Bruno" misleads starting with the DVD cover. The three children on the cover are in very small supporting roles. While billing itself as a comedy, there are zero laughs. Its heartwarming tone left me cold, and everything about it felt dumbed down and simplistic, from the terrible pacing and plot to little things like Abe's annoying one sided conversations with Bruno or Sarah's questionable internet search engine.Everything I know about gorillas I learned from "Gorillas in the Mist" and the "King Kong" films, meaning very little, but I found myself rolling my eyes every time Sarah came up with a new factoid about primates. The bloodthirsty gun toting sheriff and moronic deputies are caricatures of the lowest sort, not characters, yet I kept getting lectured about misinformation and the problems of jumping to the wrong conclusions about Bruno. A minor film you have never heard of, "Abe & Bruno" features some pretty scenery (California and Metz), but nothing else. Keep your stinking hands off this damned dirty movie.

ednbec Our 5 year old received this movie by chance and watched it 4 times the first evening. I'm sure it will remain in her movie rotation for years to come. Acting is on a child's level. Characters are believable through a child's eyes. The story flows through pulling memories out of a keepsake and fills in questions as to how this came to be, again making this story believable. Although fear of the unknown is a central theme, children following the storyline see early on that it is unfounded. Adults admitting mistakes in first impressions, then correcting themselves. It's alright to be wrong as long as you own up to it when you discover the truth. Both sides of the story learned valuable lessons about trust. All good life lessons.

Kim Murphy I read the two comments available before watching this movie as it came on the TV, and was waiting on a vile curse ridden movie with no merit what so ever so when I watched it all the way through I had so laugh at how sensitive some people are the only curse in this movie is in the dictionary explained below, I wont type it here for fear of damaging someones sensibilities.interj. Used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.My two year old nephew watched this film with me and he just loved Bruno the big friendly Gorill. And yes the acting is pretty bad but this is a kids movie and who really cares when its a simple story teaching kids that things are not always bad just because someone else say it is... it is on that note i finish

dsmkc-gardner I mistakenly brought this home as a "family time" movie to watch with our three kids (ages between 6 and 10). It was simply terrible. It had weak character development, coupled with extremely poor acting. It was devoid of humor (not that this movie is a comedy, but it might have provided the audience with something to look forward to). The language was coarse, and although it was not the standard-issue "swear words", it was entirely inappropriate for kids who are easily influenced by such bad behaviors. The theme was hard to discern, besides the brutally simplistic stereotyping of "gorillas are savage people-killers", and the counterpoint of "gorillas are gentle giants with big hearts". The only thing hat reduced my pain in my poor movie choice was the fact that I rented it out of a kiosk machine for only a buck. Do yourself a big favor and skip this one.