Space Chimps

I have to come right out and say this; I don't know why this came out in theaters. Was it because of the "kid factor"? Was it really an alternate to The Dark Knight?

Space Chimps is about a probe that gets sucked into a black hole and the chimpanzees who are assigned to retrieve it.

The main character is named Ham III. His grandfather, Ham I, was the first chimp in space. The grandson Ham follows in his grandfather's footsteps by joining a circus and getting shot out of a canon and landing on a drum set.

When the probe is lost, the space program decides to send the chimps after it because it may be too dangerous for humans and they want Ham III to go to add some "spice" to the marketing.

Meanwhile, the probe has landed on a distant planet where the bully gains control and terrorizes the other creatures. It's up to the chimps to rescue the probe and get home.

So it's a cartoon right? A computer generated cartoon. The jokes are quite lame. There were times where I allowed myself to give some polite laughter, maybe a subtle chuckle; but I cannot believe this was not a direct-to-DVD film.

Space Chimps stars the voices of Andy Samberg as Ham III, Cheryl Hines as Luna, Patrick Warburton as Titan and Jeff Daniels as the evil Zartog.