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Name: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Genre: action, drama, science-fiction, thriller
Released: 2011
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.6

Rise of the Planet of the Apes has an iRankMovies score of 75.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Evolution Becomes Revolution.

Release:2011

Runtime:1h 45m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Rupert Wyatt

Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaScience Fiction

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Keywords

San Francisco CaliforniaSolidarityGorillaIntelligencedystopiaZooChimpanzeeAlzheimer S Disease

iRank76

Rise of the Planet of the Apes rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 601K votes

Rotten Tomatoes82%

Metacritic68%

TMDb7.3/10· 13K votes

With 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 68/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Rise of the Planet of the Apes

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.

Cast of Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Andy Serkis
as Caesar
James Franco
as Will Rodman
Freida Pinto
as Caroline Aranha
John Lithgow
as Charles Rodman
Brian Cox
as John Landon
Tom Felton
as Dodge Landon
Tyler Labine
as Robert Franklin
Karin Konoval
as Maurice / Court Clerk
Terry Notary
as Rocket / Bright Eyes
Christopher Gordon
as Koba
Richard Ridings
as Buck
Devyn Dalton
as Cornelia

Rise of the Planet of the Apes facts

Budget: $93M
Box office: $481.8M
Collection: Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection

Our take on Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rupert Wyatt's 2011 science-fiction drama traces how the apes' uprising begins. Caesar, a strikingly intelligent chimpanzee, is raised in a quiet suburban home almost like a child, until circumstances land him in a cruel primate facility. Mistreated and separated from the only life he knew, he begins to organize resistance against those who have harmed him. More origin story than spectacle, it builds patiently toward its revolt, using Caesar's growing awareness to explore captivity, empathy and the cost of intelligence. Thoughtful and often affecting, it suits viewers who want their science-fiction grounded in character and moral weight, and who appreciate a franchise starting point told with real feeling.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Emotional animal human friendship provides surprising warmth amid action spectacle
•Social commentary on animal testing grounds philosophical themes authentically
•Action sequences build escalating stakes through spectacle without losing character focus

What the audience disliked

•Premise relies on suspension of disbelief regarding animal intelligence progression
•Secondary characters remain underdeveloped relative to primate protagonist focus

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