I almost always trust IMDb ratings...

Rating: 4/10 (20 January 2012)

Over 119,000 people had rated the Rise of the Apes with a rating of 7.5. I've learned that anything over 7.5 from IMDb is trustworthy to watch.
This is the first time I've been disappointed.
The movie stinks. It's predictable. And when I mean predictable, a chimp would've been bored watching this from beginning to end.
The affects are cool...but it doesn't take long for the initial awe of how the creatures are digitally made to wear off with the horrible vanilla dram. Yes, that's a misspelling... the "a" is left off the word drama, cuz this movie just doesn't have any. (Somehow that joke was funnier in my head and didn't translate well...but I'm going to leave it anyway) This is the first review I've ever taken the time to write...
...and I'm only doing it while finishing my morning cereal and coffee hoping to save others who, like me, might run to Red Box and rent a move after reading high marks on IMDb.
Don't do it.
Don't do it for the effects.
Because you'll be pounding your chest anxious for it to end within the first half hour.