As far as the treatment of apes is concerned, much of the film is firmly grounded in reality, as a viewing of Project Nim, a documentary based on Elizabeth Hess’s book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human, clearly demonstrates.
Was den Umgang mit Affen betrifft, entspricht der Film weitgehend den Tatsachen, wie der Dokumentarfilm Project Nim nach dem Buch von Elizabeth Hess, Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human, klar zeigt.