Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape

Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byJamel Debbouze
Screenplay byJamel Debbouze
Fred Fougea
Ahmed Hamid
Victor Mayence
Pierre Ponce
John R. Smith
Rob Sprackling
Story byJamel Debbouze
Fred Fougea
Jean-Luc Fromental
Based onThe Evolution Man
by Roy Lewis
Produced byFred Fougea
Romain Le Grand
StarringJamel Debbouze
Mélissa Theuriau
Arié Elmaleh
Edited byDorian Rigal-Ansous
Music byLaurent Perez del Mar
Production
companies
Pathé
Boréales
Kiss Films
M6 Films
Cattleya
uFilm
Distributed byPathé Distribution
Release date
  • 8 April 2015 (2015-04-08)
Running time
113 minutes
91 minutes (English dub)
CountriesBelgium
China
France
Italy
LanguagesFrench
English
Budget€32 million
Box office$14.3 million

Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape (French: Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père), also titled Evolution Man and Why I Did (Not) Eat My Father, is a 2015 animated adventure comedy film directed by Jamel Debbouze in collaboration with producer Fred Fougea. The film is a loose adaptation on the 1960 novel The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis from an original screenplay by Fred Fougea and Jean-Luc Fromental.

An English dub of the film was made, but was cut 22 minutes shorter for its dark tones towards children.