Unfortunately, the writers of this script were not creative enough to come up with a non-violent solution to the hero's problem. Since the boys' mother is dead, the hotel's housekeeping and food services help Robert manage the care of his sons. The boys use the hotel as their personal playground, toying with the water fountain and rollerblading in the halls. All must be perfect in the hotel, for a secret judge is somewhere in its midst, rating all the services. Perfection is illusive, especially because a thief and an orangutan named Dunston are loose in the hotel.
Chaos reigns as the orangutan roams the chic corridors.
The film comes to a rip-roaring conclusion as Robert proves himself a hero to his sons by fighting the bad men and winning. Children relate to animals, and the orangutan star of this film acts quite human. In this film, as in many recent ones, the mother is dead. The thought of losing a parent is extremely frightening, for children know how dependent they are. Repeatedly seeing films with motherless children might cause some children to worry that they, too, might lose their mothers.