Born to Be Wild is a 1995 American family comedy film. The film grossed $3.7 million in the box office. 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 female 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. Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle said... the animatronic gorilla looked phony, but concluded "The film has its moments of nutty fun" and "it also has a couple of touching scenes -- if you can get beyond that bogus ape look." Washington Post critic Rita Kempley called it "a heart-yanking family yarn that resembles a simian adaptation of Nell" and also compared the movie to Free Willy.
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| Release date: | March 31, 1995 |
| Directed by: | John Gray |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Editor: | Maryann Brandon |
| Music by: | Mark Snow |
| Genre: | Adventure, Comedy, Children's |