Bring some tissues with you, because seeing Gigi & Nate is going to take you on an emotional roller coaster.
Gigi, a captivating capuchin monkey who was rescued from a petting zoo in California, is the star of the show thanks to her endearing antics.
These include sticking out her tongue, having expressive eyes, and giving hope to Nate, who is played convincingly by Charlie Rowe, a young quadriplegic.
At the beginning of the movie, Nate, who is in the prime of his life at the age of 18, makes a fantastic flip into the water while his family is celebrating the Fourth of July at their Happy Days lake cottage in North Carolina.
Shortly after that, he starts feeling sick, and you feel his pain during the journey that began with him contracting meningitis from the contaminated water.
During this time, you are also experiencing the symptoms of meningitis.
The movie was based on a real event, and my friend Carolyn and I both felt that it would have been nice if they had provided more context on the kind of young man Nate was prior to the incident.
The movie was inspired by the real-life account of an event.
You get hints when his mother Claire, played with compassion by Marcia Gay Hardon, and his father Dan, played with humour by Jim Belushi, recall stories while he is in the hospital.
This allows you to get a sense of who he is. It brought back fond memories to watch both of these recognisable actors.
After skipping ahead in time by four years, the movie continues to tell the tale of the family by showing them established back in their Nashville home, where they have constructed a casita in the backyard.
It is designed to accommodate Nate’s unique requirements, and it has a large number of windows that look out onto the forest.
Nate’s younger sister Annabelle, who is in high school, is portrayed by Hannah Riley, and Nate’s older sister Katy, who is in college, is portrayed by Josephine Langford.
Nate’s grandma is a fan of alcoholic beverages, and Diane Ladd does an excellent job of portraying her in the role.
Because Nate’s depression is getting worse, his mother decides to get in touch with Cebus for Independence.
This organisation has a capuchin monkey by the name of Gigi that has received specialised training and may be able to become Nate’s service animal.
We really wanted to learn more about the training that monkeys go through in order to become working service animals, but unfortunately that wasn’t covered.
Gigi quickly becomes an essential component of Nate’s physical treatment, assisting him in various activities including turning the pages of books and putting balls in his hands.
They make a cute pair as they paint together, and the emotional bond between them means the world to Gigi as she cuddles up with him.
The physicians agree that his advancement has been outstanding.
The two individuals amass a sizeable following on the internet after publishing photographs.
Things take a turn for the worse when Chloe Gaines, an activist from Americans for Animal Protection who is portrayed craftily by Welker White, confronts Nate in the grocery store and demands that Gigi be taken.
After Nate and Gigi’s secret photo outing to a party becomes viral on the internet, tensions begin to rise.
Following this, the group makes preparations to stage an unruly demonstration in front of their home.
At a court hearing in which the future of capuchins in the role as service animals in the state of Tennessee will be decided, Nate gives an impassioned testimony on the effect that Gigi has had on his life, attributing her with having saved his life.
When the two are forced to part ways and clutch their fingers through the cage, it is excruciating to see.
When the grandma finds out that capuchins can be used legally in the state of North Carolina as service animals, things start to look up.
At the same time, the family pulls together to purchase their former vacation cottage and turn it into their permanent residence.
The story comes to a happy conclusion for Nate, who is able to attend college with Gigi at his side.
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I’m a complete sap for any narrative that even remotely resembles the truth, and as monkeys are my daughter’s most beloved creatures, I have an inherent prejudice toward the species.
The remarkable way in which this family pulls together to cope with this tragedy as a unit is equally as heartwarming as the touching human-animal bond that exists between Gigi and Nate.
Gigi the monkey is taken in by the family as a rescue, and she ultimately ends up assisting them in discovering hope, which is what they require the most.
