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Page A16 ⚫ THE UNION LEADER, Friday, Nov. 28, 2003
Research shows mammals able to think about thinking
By GUY GUGLIOTTA
The Washington Post
ments, researchers showed that
rhesus monkeys and a bottle-
nose dolphin chose "I'm not
It's an easy test, and one that sure" with virtually the same
any parent can administer. Cut frequency as humans when of
a banana in two pieces and ask fered difficult choices.
a hungry 5-year-old to eat one
piece. The child snatches the know,"
biggest one. But cut the banana
in "half," and the decision
comes more slowly.
The child's doubt is an exam-
ple of one of the most sophisti-
cated mental talents that
humans possess. It is called
"cognitive self-awareness,
"metacognition" or "thinking
about thinking" - the ability to
"They know when they don't
said lead researcher
John David Smith, a psycholo
gist at the University at Buffalo
of the State University of New
York. "You up the stakes and
give them a behavioral way to
opt out, and they take it. It's
lovely to watch."
"They know when they don't know. You up
the stakes and give them a behavioral way to
opt out, and they take it. It's lovely to watch."
JOHN DAVID SMITH
University of Buffalo psychologist
"It's new and it's ground- find a way for them to commu-
breaking," said Emory Universi-
ty neuroscientist Lori Marino.
"It is strong evidence that there
is a similar cognition pattern in
monkeys, humans and dolphins
to the same task.'
17
But others, such as behavior-
The Smith team's research
offers fresh evidence in an en- ist Clive Wynne of the Universi-
during controversy among psy-
chologists over if and how ty of Florida, dismissed the
nicate." Smith devised three ex-
periments to put humans and
animals on the same footing.
In the first one, trained mon-
keys sat at a computer joystick
and watched the density of col-
ored dots in a square on the
screen. When there were many
In the second test, a bottle-
nose dolphin was trained to
press a lever when it heard a
"low" tone, and another lever
when it heard a "high" tone. At
first, the dolphin was so enthu-
siastic that it kicked up swirls of
water as it raced to the levers.
But when researchers raised
the low tone until it approached
the high tone, "he would creep
in because he didn't know what
to do," Smith said. "It was the
dolphin equivalent of scratch-
ing its head." The dolphin
would then resort to a third
lever, indicating uncertainty.
Finally, in the third experi-
wonder whether one is making animals "know" things or think. study as one more unsuccessful joystick to the square itself, ment, monkeys were given a
the "right" judgment.
Humans do it effortlessly, but
there is new evidence that some
animals can do it, too. In three
simple but unusual experi-
Some researchers, who accept
that animals can move beyond
simple instincts and predisposi-
tions to actual consciousness,
praised the Smith study.
effort to bestow greater signifi-
cance on actions that result
simply from environment and
training. "I'm ready to be prov-
en wrong," Wynne said. "But it
always turns out there is a sim-
pler explanation."
Smith and co-authors Wendy
Ellen Shields, of the University
of Montana, and David Alan
Washburn, of Georgia State
University, are presenting their
conclusions in the journal Be-
havioral and Brain Sciences,
scheduled for publication in
December.
For years, scientists have un-
derstood that the biggest diffi-
culty in determining whether
animals feel uncertainty is that
unlike humans, "they can't talk,
so they can't tell you they're not
dots, the monkey moved the
choosing "dense." When there
were few dots, the monkey put
the cursor on an "S," superim-
posed on the screen, indicating
"sparse."
Gradually, examiners added
more dots to the "sparse" test
until the monkey reached a
threshold where it could not
easily discern whether the panel
was "dense" or not. At that
point, the monkey put the cur-
sor on a star, indicating uncer-
tainty.
Smith said the two monkeys
displayed uncertainty at almost
the same threshold as seven hu-
mans who also took the test.
This result, Smith and his co-
authors said, "presents one of
the strongest existing matches
between human and animal
performance in the compara-
sure," Smith said. "You have to tive literature.
memory test in which they
viewed a column of four objects
on a video screen, after which
the screen went blank, to be re-
placed by a second screen dis-
playing a single object, or
"probe."
By moving a cursor, the mon-
keys indicated whether the
probe had been "present" or
"not present" in the first list, or
whether they were not sure.
Like humans who took a sim-
ilar test, the monkeys were
strongest when the probe re-
peated the first or last object on
the original list, and chose un-
certainty more often when the
probe had been in the second
or third position.
Taken together, the results
presented an "an exciting and
meaningful step" in trying to
show that the animal mind "is
something that can be experi-
mentally examined in its own
right," said University of Utah
psychologist Charles Shimp.
But "I don't think it will change
the minds of those who are
dead set against this proposi-
tion."
Indeed, Wynne noted that the
animals in all three experiments
had to be trained to perform
the tasks, and were given food
when they succeeded and
"time-outs," with no testing,
when they failed. More impor-
tant, he said, the uncertain re-
sponse led to a resumption of
testing that guaranteed a win
on the next try.
"If the dolphin makes a mis-
take, it has to take a nine-sec-
ond time-out, which is a long
time for an animal," Wynne
said. "But when it presses the
uncertain button, the dolphin
immediately gets an easy trial.
It's difficult to say the dolphin
is thinking if it's guaranteed a
follow-up fish.'
But Smith said the third test
was too "cognitively abstract"
to link it to a simple reward-
punishment outcome, and
noted that he had been unable
to duplicate the dolphin and
monkey results when he tried
similar uncertainty experiments
with lower animals.
"We ran two groups of six
rats again and again, and none
would do it at all," Smith said.
"I can't say that they won't do
it, but I sure couldn't figure out
how to make it happen."

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I
Central Maine Newspapers
The stench
of death
is
everywhere
By RALF KIRCHER
Scripps Howard News
PHUKET, Thailand - You
know the zones of death by the
smell. It is a grim, jaw-clenching
stench that makes you sad but
glad that you are not the poor
soul in that white body bag with
the black zipper being carried
from a basement grocery store
to the bed of a pickup truck three
days after a tsunami trapped you
there.
The rescue workers wear the
white surgical masks, but they
I do nothing to cover the smell,
and you think of the guy who had
popped in to the pharmacy
downstairs for a toothbrush he
Christmas holiday in a beach
had forgotten to pack for his
town on an island in Thailand.
Who could have told him that
he would find his ultimate des-
tiny in the basement of a shop-
-ping mall on Patong Beach?
You remember the cross
dresser at the checkout counter
I who sings to you, rehearsing for
his or is it her? -night job at
the drag show cabaret, and
you
wonder whether his work sched-
sule includes Sunday mornings
when a tidal wave hits.
You walk 100 yards farther
<down the street, and there it is
cagain, that smell, and white-
masked rescue workers are
hauling out another corpse from
the Sea Pearl Hotel. Funny, you
never knew there was a base-
- ment to the place.
Not funny at all of course, but
this is what becomes the norm
after you have been through the
extraordinary, and you survived.
Again, farther down the beach
'road, officially called Thawee-
-wong Road, even though no one
does call it that, there is that
I
smell. They have already pulled
-bodies from Baan Boa Resort's
underground parking garage,
but it is easy to tell, simply from
the smell, there will surely be
more to find, if only they can get
those smashed cars out of there.
"The smell of decay coming
Who could have
told him that he
would find his
ultimate destiny in
the basement of a
shopping mall on
Patong Beach?
Sea Dream guesthouse next-
door to Baan Boa and who spent
the day Wednesday cleaning out
the soggy shell of his first-floor
lobby.
Austin Williams is the dive
center manager of Southeast
Asia Liveaboards (SEAL), which
also owns a yacht outfitting divi-
sion, known as Superyachts. He
ran the dive center on Wednes-
day in a sweat-soaked T-shirt. Al-
though the office was far enough
off the beach not to be affected
from Sunday's tidal waves, his
apartment was on the beach,
above a popular bar named
Komma's, and he did not yet
have the chance to retrieve his
belongings.
Williams reported that SEAL'S
live-aboard scuba-diving boats,
which travel to the Mergui Arch-
ipelago in nearby Burma and the
Similan Islands off Thailand in
the Andaman Sea, were all intact
and their passengers and crews
safe. Business was surreally nor-
mal at the dive center, with a
Russian couple stopping by as
Williams spoke to book a daylong
dive trip for today.
Yana Safonova and Yuri
Nyrkov's flight arrived just three
hours after the first tidal waves
hit. Their vacation is a charter
package, and they have no
means to return to Moscow until
the return flight on Jan. 6.
"We don't want to go home,
anyway," Nyrkov said, adding
that t
which t
Asian Disaster
TAC
Kennebec Journal
Augas B, Main 30, 2004
The Associated Press
Soldiers dump unknown dead bodies from Sunday's earthquake and tsunamis into a common
mass grave in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Wednesday. At least 45,268 people were killed in Indone-
sia, all on Sumatra island, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. It said this figure did not include
districts on Sumatra's hard-hit western coast, meaning the final death toll will almost certainly rise
significantly.
Williams let them know that
diving conditions had changed as
a result of the tidal waves. The
water, he said, is four degrees
cooler, as deep, cold ocean water
had displaced the tropical
warmth typical in the area. Aside
from that and reduced visibility,
Williams assured them in his na-
tive English accent that the div-
ing would be top-notch.
"They're doing the right thing
in some respects," Williams said
after they had left and he had
booked them for a day's diving
and sold them two masks and
snorkels, "because they're sup-
porting the economy."
He said SEAL's live-aboard
business has had "a few, but sur-
prisingly few" cancellations as a
result of the catastrophe.
According to the Professional
China, was separated from her
boyfriend and dive buddy, Andre
Herrmann, a German who also
lives in Shanghai, while diving off
Phi Phi Island, which was wiped
out by the wave. In more than 60
feet of water, the visibility was
suddenly reduced to nil, and the
group she was in became sepa-
rated, having to safely ascend
slowly and alone. It was not until
later the divers discovered how
lucky they had been to feel the
effects of the wave far enough
from land to be safe.
While these few stories of
overwhelming tragedy and
miraculous luck were being re-
lated, the cleanup process
marched forward in coastal ar-
eas, providing at times moments
of humor, signs of man's re-
silience, that in the end will cer-
tainly prevail over the dark smell
A vacant field near the beach
in Patong began serving as a
makeshift dump for the debris of
such a disaster. Maybe 50 people
worked in the field, with two
backhoes spreading the trash.
The workers stopped smaller
trucks to unload recyclables,
which they sorted by hand,
weighed on dial-type scales and
loaded into smaller trucks de-
pending on the type of metal or
material. When they had un-
loaded trash trucks piece by
piece, in typical Thai fashion
they thanked the occupants of
the trucks for stopping at their
section of the dump with hands
together under the chin and a
brief bow known as a wai; they
would be able to make money on
the salvaged pieces.
No evidence
A5
found of
widespread
animal deaths
By G. AMARASINGHE
Associated Press Writer
YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri
Lanka Wildlife officials in Sri
Lanka expressed surprise
Wednesday that they found no
evidence of large-scale animal
deaths from the weekend's mas-
sive tsunami - indicating that
animals may have sensed the
wave coming and fled to higher
ground.
An Associated Press photog-
rapher who flew over Sri Lan-
ka's Yala National Park in an air
force helicopter saw abundant
wildlife, including elephants,
buffalo, deer, and not a single
animal corpse.
Floodwaters from the tsunami
swept into the park, uprooting
trees and toppling cars onto
their roofs one red car even
ended up on top of a huge tree
- but the animals apparently
were not harmed and may have
sought out high ground, said
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne,
whose Jetwing Eco Holidays
ran a hotel in the park.
"This is very interesting. I am
finding bodies of humans, but I
have yet to see a dead animal,"
said Wijeyeratne, whose hotel in
the park was totally destroyed in
Sunday's
tidal surge.
"Maybe what we think is true,
that animals have a sixth
sense," Wijeyeratne said.
Yala, Sri Lanka's largest
wildlife reserve, is home to 200
Asian Elephants, crocodile, wild
boar, water buffalo and gray lan-
gur monkeys.
The park also has Asia's high+
est concentration of leopards.
The Yala reserve covers an area
of 391 square miles, but only 56
square miles are open to
Across town, Williams of SEAL tourists.
joked about his being a typical
Association of Dive Instructors of death that now plagues the Englishman on the day of the Lanka surpassed 21,000. Forty
most popular places in the world
(PADI), Thailand is one of the
to learn to dive. The tropical
reefs that contain such creatures
as clownfish, made famous by
scuba divers from all over the
the film, "Finding Nemo," draw
world.
streets near the coast.
a
tidal wave.
"I felt the earthquake at 8:15
as I was having my tea," he said
of his time spent two hours be-
fore the waves hit. The waitress
didn't know what an earthquake
On the bed of a dump truck
Carrying debris from one hotel in
Patong sat an American helping
in the cleanup on a ruined vinyl
recliner. At the truck's passing,
was, so Williams drew a picture
group of girls from a Thai mas-
sage parlor in an area of town of the Earth shaking to explain
But for divers in the water at that was unaffected by the waves to her and then resumed his
came running to the curb.
"Ooooh!" they laughed and
aved. "They throw away far-
they cried, using their
the time of a tsunami racing
across the open ocean, it was a
bewildering experience.
Stephanie
native of
morning cup of tea. "Typical
Englishman: having my cup of
tea when the earthquake strikes,
and then carrying on, drinking
it."
The human death toll in Sri
foreigners were among 200 peo-
ple in Yala who were killed.
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A10 | Connecticut Post | Sunday, July 4, 2010
Nation & World
THE PHOTO REPORT
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of Liberty, a couple take a photo of
themselves while relaxing on Governor's
Island on Saturday in New York.
an oil boom drink water from a marsh
that is affected by oil from the Deepwater
Horizon spill near Point Lydia in the
Southeast corner of Biloxi Bay off the
coast of St. Bernard Parish, La., Saturday.
feed a two-headed calf at a village near
Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday. The
calf owner, Sobhy el-Ganzoury, said the
veterinarian informed him that the three-
day-old calf is expected to survive.
left, and Vice President Joe Biden share
a light moment after Biden's arrival in
Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday.
Associated Press
BRIEFING
BP, Coast Guard try something new
1 oil skimmer tested: Gulf of
Mexico cleanup crews working
to block millions of gallons of oil
from reaching land may soon have
a giant on their side, if a weekend
test of a new skimmer goes well.
The Taiwanese vessel dubbed "A
Whale," which its owners describe
as the largest oil skimmer in the
world, began showing its capabili-
ties on Saturday just north of the
Macondo Deepwater well site. An
April 20 explosion on the Deep-
water Horizon rig there killed 11
workers and began what is now
the largest oil spill in Gulf history.
The vessel will cruise a 25-square-
mile test site through Sunday,
according to TMT Shipping, the
company that created A Whale by
retrofitting an oil tanker. The U.S.
Coast Guard and BP are waiting
to see if the vessel can live up to
its makers' promise of being able
to process up to 21 million gallons
of oil-fouled water ada
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new commander, Gen. David
Petraeus, an access badge to the
U.S. Embassy on Saturday, a
symbolic gesture of a new part-
nership in the U.S. management
of the Afghan war. The smiles
and declarations of s synergy came
as Petraeus prepared to assume
command on Sunday of a 130,000-
strong force at a time of rising
casualties and growing doubt
about how much can be achieved
before July 2011, when President
Barack Obama wants to begin
withdrawing U.S. troops. Petraeus
called for troops and civilian staff
to work together, saying: "In this
important endeavor, coopera-
tion is not optional." His prede-
cessor, Gen. Stanley McChrystal,
was fired last month for remarks
he and his aides made to Rolling
Stone about Obama administra-
tion officials.
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and
One unusual fish
Right from the shores of Milford
was snapper Blue fishing on Sunday, Sept. 11, at Anchor
Beach in Milford. I already caught a few snappers using a
small, shiny lure. After a quick cast my reel got jammed
lure sunk to the bottom.
my
I proceeded to reel in when a fish grabbed the lure. I knew
right away it was not a snapper due to the weight and the way it
was fighting. I reeled in a two-pound, golden-brown fish, 11
inches long with distinct black markings and an unusual mouth.
I never saw this type of fish before. I dumped out my basket of
snappers and proceeded to bring this unusual fish home to take
a photo. After that, I released it to the same area where it was
caught.
After researching (with my brother's help), I discovered it was
a Northern Kingfish
a pretty rare fish for Long Island Sound.
Dean Vogel
Milford
30 Sept 2005 FRIDAY MILFORD WEEEHTY
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CONNECTICUT POST, Bridgeport, CoNN
ANIMAL DOCTOR Dr. Michael Fox
Wild birds are messengers of hope
DEAR DR. FOX: I read
with great interest your
column about birds and
your request for other sto-
ries that involve the ap-
pearance of birds during
an emotional or sensitive
time.
I had an unusual bird
event on the day that my
mother died, Dec. 16,
2000.
My mother had stopped
talking and was in a sleep-
ing state. I was alone with
her in her bedroom on the
second floor of her house.
The room was very quiet,
until I heard a chirp at the
This by itself was un-
usual. I walked to the win-
dow and saw the most
window.
amazing sight: The tree
outside was filled with
birds, and not just a flock
of one kind.
There were representa-
tives of all types - car-
dinals, robins, crows,
chickadees, purple finch-
es, goldfinches, mourning
doves, sparrows and one
tufted titmouse.
Our minister came to
deliver last rites later that
afternoon.
I told her what had hap-
pened, and she said she'd
heard of such a gathering
before.
Nature knows when
something extraordinary
is happening, and these
birds were gathering for
the event.
The arrival of these
birds continues to amaze
me and has given me hope
that there really is a spiri-
tual world beyond the liv-
ing.
I ponder this nature
mystery and hope that
sharing this experience
will give hope to others.
J.K., Bethesda, Md.
DEAR J.K.: Readers may
remember my earlier ac-
count of an event virtu-
ally identical to what you
describe that occurred
around the time of my
mother's death thousands
of miles away.
Skeptics speak of mere
coincidence, but we should
not lose our sense of awe
and wonder.
In the metaphysics of
such coincidental events
may be deeper truths that
we mortals do not yet fully
comprehend.
Those whose hearts and
minds are open to nature
are surely more recep-
tive to such messages or
unusual animal phenom-
ena, especially during the
passing of a loved one,
than are those who are not
mindful of a possible spir-
itual connection between
humans and fellow crea-
tures.
Write to P.O. Box 167,
Wickliffe, OH 44092. Visit
Dr. Fox's Web site at www
.twobitdog.com/DrFox.
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Diversions
Friday, July 8, 2011 | Connecticut Post | B3
FILM REVIEW
"Zookeeper' takes comic lumps like a man
By Roger Moore
McClatchy-Tribune
We want the same thing
from our comedians that
we expect of great ball-
players that they "leave
it all on the field." And
Kevin James does that.
From his various team-
ups with Adam Sandler
to "Paul Blart: Mall Cop,"
James hurls himself at the
physical shtick and never
lets on that he knows he's
not making art.
In "Zookeeper," James
and his stunt-doubles
take a pounding - prat-
falls, bicycle spills, por-
cupine pokes. It's a kid-
friendly romantic comedy,
a "Night at the Museum"
at the zoo. With slapstick
and sincerity, James buys
into the idea that he's a
friend to animals, big and
small, and that a guy with
his limited prospects and
his lineman-gone-to-seed
physique has a shot-
eral shots at a beauty
like Leslie Bibb.
<- sev-
It's a talking animals
comedy, as the hapless
Griffin (James), zookeeper
at Franklin Park Zoo, re-
ceives advice to the love-
lorn from the critters in
his charge. The animals
MOVIE CAPSULES
"Bad Teacher": Some price-
lessly derisive turns from
Cameron Diaz, as a boozy,
gold-digging middle school
instructress who sets her
sites on an impossibly rich,
impossibly nice new col-
league, played by Justin Tim-
berlake. But the jokes aren't
as good as the concept, and
things settle into predictable
default-mode raunch. 1 hr. 32
R (sex, nudity, drugs, profan-
BEE
ASSOCIATED PRESS/COLUMBIA PICTURES-SONY
Kevin James, right, and Jackie Sandler are shown in a scene from "Zookeeper."
have always kept to "the
code," enforced by Joe the
Lion (Sylvester Stallone):
No talking to humans. But
we've seen Griffin flame-
out with the fair Stephanie
(Bibb) in an epic proposal
scene that opens the mov-
ie. And the animals have
heard Griffin go on and
on about this woman for
years.
Enough is enough. If
his wistful joie de vivre, that's
what. With Rachel McAdams,
Marion Cotillard and Michael
Sheen. 1 hr. 34 PG-13 (sexual
references)
"Mr. Popper's Penguins":
Jim Carrey stars as a hard-
driving New York real es-
tate guy whose icy heart gets
thawed when a six-pack of
penguins show up at his Park
Avenue door. Putative comic
mayhem, potty-training
jokes and profound life-les-
sons ensue. 1 hr. 35 PG (car-
toon mayhem, potty jokes,
the friendly zookeeper
can't close the deal, the
animal kingdom will pitch
in and get him up to speed
on what they know by in-
stinct the mating game.
Joe the Lion suggests
"cutting her from the
herd," getting her away
from her current boy-
friend (Joe Rogan, an
over-the-top boor). Joe's li-
oness wife (Cher) talks up
cling, this adolescent roman-
tic thriller from JJ Abrams
salvages the best parts from
Steven Spielberg blockbust-
ers. Because Abrams likes his
melancholy characters and
lets them be awestruck and
aw-shucks, it works. With
newcomer Joel Courtney and
Elle Fanning. 1 hr. 52 PG-13
(intense action sequences,
drug refereces)
"Thor": Chris Hemsworth
stars as the Norse god of
comic book fame in this
handsome but vacuous ac-
with Anthony Hop-
the idea of making Steph-
anie jealous. The bears of-
fer advice on becoming a
predator. And "Lead with
your puddin' cup," Jerome
and Bruce (Jon Favreau
and Faizon Love) declare.
Yeah, it means what you
think it does.
The capuchin monkey
(Adam Sandler, doing a
very funny voice) is lost
in reveries about hav-
bankrupt 154-minute specta-
cle of meaningless violence,
it'll leave you with post-trau-
matic stress disorder. Shia
LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson,
Frances McDormand and
John Malkovich star. 2 hrs. 34
PG-13 (violence, some pro-
fanity, sexuality, evil robots)
"The Tree of Life": Terrence
Malick contemplates the uni-
verse and nature, grace and
grief and love - and the lives
of a family in 1950s Texas
ZOOKEEPER
2 stars out of 4
Cast: Kevin James (Griffin),
Rosario Dawson (Kate),
Leslie Bibb (Stephanie),
and the voices of Sylvester
Stallone (Joe the Lion) and
Cher (Janet the Lioness).
Directed by Frank Coraci,
written by Nick Bakay,
Rock Reuben, Kevin James,
Jay Scherick and David
Ronn, produced by Kevin
James, Adam Sandler,
Todd Garner and Jack
Giarraputo. A Columbia
Pictures release.
Running time: 1:44
Rating: PG for some rude
and suggestive humor, and
language.
ing a thumb. "I've been
blessed."
And the elephant (Judd
Apatow) has the same so-
lution for any awkward
moment "Flee. Fleeing
is the new fighting."
All along, Griffin can't
see how sweet and seem-
ingly available the zoo's
eagle expert and vet (Ro-
sario Dawson) is. She's
into guys who are into an-
imals.
"You're like the frick-
in' hippo whisperer," she
cracks.
- in his beautiful, elipitical,
kind of nutty masterpiece.
With Brad Pitt, Jessica Chas-
tain, and Sean Penn. PG-13
(violence, adult themes)
"X-Men First Class": The
truth behind the Cuban mis-
sile crisis is revealed - final-
ly! in this elaborate origins
story, which also explains
how the mutant superhe-
roes of the Marvel Comics
franchise came to be. For
a time, director Mathhew
Director Frank Coraci, a
veteran of Adam Sandler's
comic style ("The Water-
boy"), is more at home
with the slapstick than
the would-be romance or
the movie's darker sub-
text. Bernie (Nick Nolte),
a forlorn gorilla, has long
been kept in a cave so he
can't repeat his attack on
a cruel zookeeper (Donnie
Wahlberg). The film's sil-
liest scenes involve Grif-
fin dragging Bernie along
to Bernie's dream eatery
T.G.I.Friday's - where
Bernie, supposedly on his
way to a costume party, is
a hit.
The film's mix of digital
critters and real animals
results in far too many
shots of this beast or that
one standing alone in
the shot, mouth moving,
cracking jokes.
But the cuddly, ever-
put-upon James takes his
comic lumps like a man.
His Griffin suffers inju-
ries and indignities and
lets us laugh at him as he
does. No matter where the
script wanders and where
the direction founders, at
some point, James' comic
instincts take over. And
this time, they don't let
him down.
("Kick-Ass") Vaughn keeps
everything going, but the
then the inevitable nosedive
into meaningless action and
save-the-world histrionics
sets in. With James McAvoy,
Michael Fassbender, Jenni-
fer Laurence, January Jones,
and Kevin Bacon as a very,
very evil German. 2 hrs. 12
PG-13 (action, violence, adult
themes)
McClatchy-Tribune