# Mon copain Buddy (1997)

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**Original title**: *Buddy*
**Runtime**: 84 min
**Genres**: Family, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Caroline Thompson
**Written by**: Caroline Thompson, William Joyce
**Starring**: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall, Paul Reubens, John Aylward

> *Welcome to a family that will make yours seem tame*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that asks if interspecies friendship can work, but only answers it in the most literal way possible. Set in the 1920s, a wealthy woman adopts a baby gorilla from Africa and raises him in her home. It's hard to fault a movie that earnestly tries to make a good ape movie.

**Mood tags**: cozy, tender

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