His best pal is a scruffy, stray terrier named Bob ( Danny DeVito), and the easy banter between the two is among the film’s few highlights. He comes storming out at the end of the show, stomping and roaring and beating his fearsome breast, but he’s actually a pretty laid-back sort within his concrete confines. Ivan has been the headliner for years at a sad, little circus in a dying shopping mall off the highway. Sam Rockwell finds some unexpected avenues into his role as he always does in providing the voice of Ivan, a hulking creature with a heart of gold. The meat of the story is compelling, but the actual telling of it is rushed and jumbled. There really was a gorilla who expressed himself through art after years in captivity as part of a mall circus, he spent his final days in the sunshine at Zoo Atlanta. And what’s frustrating is that “The One and Only Ivan” is based on a Newbery Medal-winning children book by Katherine Applegate that’s itself inspired by true events.
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Some impressive visual effects and a strong voice cast can’t do much to enliven or unify the movie from director Thea Sharrock (“ Me Before You”) and veteran writer Mike White (“ School of Rock,” “Chuck & Buck”). It’s a tough feat to pull off-an uneasy mix of lofty notions about freedom and dog fart jokes-which the film only sporadically succeeds in achieving. Like a novice juggler struggling to master some complicated tricks, “The One and Only Ivan” tries to encompass several different stories, themes, and ideas while appealing to adults and very young kids at the same time.
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