Alien at the Movies

The cameras of Disney Nature take us to an ancient lost city in the Sri Lankan forest which is now ruled by a troop of macaque monkeys. This is a fascinating story about the macaque social structure and the struggle for survival. We follow the adventures of Maya, born to the lower class, but uses her survival skills to lead the troop through the urban jungle. Disney always shines at humanizing these creature features, but narrator Tina Fey must have improvised her unique comedic sense of humor into this wonderful story & script. This is a very cute, funny, entertaining, and educational family film. Clips at the end show some of what filmmakers had to endure in order to obtain their remarkable footage.

Alien gives it 3 ½ "more fun than a barrel of monkeys" stars out of 4.