Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.

Rating

No ratings yet

Release Date

3/31/1995

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

-
Backdrop Image

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A warm-hearted road movie about a troubled teen and a sign-language-speaking gorilla learning to understand each other. It's an unlikely-buddy adventure that finds genuine tenderness in the bond between a kid hitting rock bottom and an animal stripped of dignity.

Mood

HopefulBittersweetJoyful

Themes

FriendshipRedemptionComing of age

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Road movie

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review Born to Be Wild.

Recommendations

Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.

Covers similar ground · A similar mood

A similar mood

Feels similar

A similar mood

A similar mood

A similar mood

Feels similar

A similar mood

A similar mood

Feels similar

Covers similar ground

A similar mood

Feels similar

A similar mood

A similar mood

A similar mood

Feels similar

A similar mood

A similar mood

A similar mood