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Fantastic film using sub-par film footage. Beautifully edited to show the world not to mess with Ofir Drori!! Amazing man on a more amazing mission. You won't be sorry you spent an hour watching this film. The music is original - written by the editors brother who also co-wrote the book, The Last Great Ape, which chronicles Ofir's life up to his creation of the NGO in Cameroon of the same name. Most of the filming was done using elementary hidden cameras in the crudest of fashion, but it certainly gets the point across. There are also scenes of the rescue of mistreated animals and they show the compassion of Ofir for these animals which are defenseless against the cruel execution of their families. I recommend this film to anyone who has any interest in the preservation of our endangered species of animals.

I went into this film feeling apprehensive since I am a total crybaby when it comes to animals and animal welfare. This movie tugs at the heart strings and really pulls you into Ofir's fight but leaves you feeling hopeful and moved; not only about HIS particular movement, but inspired to do something to help in the plight of endangered animals. The footage is raw which adds to the suspense and exposes the turmoil and frustration Ofir wrestles with on a day to day basis with his battles with local officials. As you watch Ofir develop relationships with the chimpanzees he rescues, you feel his urgency to save them. I am an admitted environmentalist documentary junkie, and this movie is now on my must watch list. Take the time, and be inspired...

I don't want to spend too much time on this one. It's full of things that are supposed to shock you...they don't. Terrible directing, bad editing, nothing interesting...it runs the gamut of badness. I would have left the theater 30 minutes into this masterpiece of poop, but a friend of mine wanted to stay because, apparently, the director was in the theater and he didn't want to offend him. I didn't realize the director himself was watching along with me (aside from the 10 or 15 minutes I used my hat to cover my face...no joke) but if I had I would've stood, said something about being able to take no more, and run from the theater as if Jason Voorhees had been hot on my trail. Instead, I thought about all of the other things I could've done with my time...it made me sad. I finally decided to sleep until the credits, but sleep wanted nothing to do with me. The worst thing about Ofir is that all people involved with its production believed they were making an impacting, profound film. Absolute torture to sit through this one and perhaps one of the worst films I've seen in the last ten years. I discovered that I hated it about 20 minutes in. From that point on it just got worse.