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"GIGI & NATE"
 (2022) (Charlie Rowe, Marcia Gay Harden) (PG-13)

At-A-Glace Content Summary

Alcohol/Drugs Heavy
Blood/Gross Stuff Mild
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Heavy
Frightening/Tense Scenes Heavy
Gun/Weapons Minor
Imitative Behavior Heavy
Jump Scenes None
Music (Scary/Tense) Minor
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Moderate
Sex/Nudity Minor
Smoking None
Tense Family Scenes Extreme
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence None

QUICK TAKE:
Drama: A young quadriplegic ends up bonding with his capuchin service animal who helps bring him out of his depression.
PLOT:

Nate Gibson (CHARLIE ROWE) is about to head off to college when he's struck down by meningitis after jumping into a deep body of water in North Carolina. All of that is devastating for his parents, Claire (MARCIA GAY HARDEN) and Dan (JIM BELUSHI), and siblings, Katy (JOSEPHINE LANGFORD) and Annabelle (HANNAH RILEY), along with their grandmother, Mama Blanche (DIANE LADD).

Four years later, Nate is a depressed quadriplegic whose state has put an emotional drain on him and his entire family. But things change when he's introduced to Gigi, a previously rescued capuchin monkey that's been trained as a service animal. She's initially shy around Nate and his family, but eventually comes around and bonds with him, including helping him get through his arduous physical therapy.

But when animal activist Chloe Gaines (WELKER WHITE) spots them together in a grocery store and after Nate sneaks off to a party with Gigi and ends up trending on social media, their time together becomes increasingly uncertain.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
The cute monkey angle might draw in some.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For some thematic material and language.

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