Cornelius and Zira flee back through time and land on late 20th Century Earth where they are received with fascination and fear from the people they meet.
One of the better new movies in town, and better in a genre -- science-fiction -- that at the crucial middle level where the history of movies is made, if not written, has recently been not so much bad as invisible.
eFilmCritic.com
July 26, 2002
Brings just enough of a twist to the series' conventions.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
July 15, 2004
The last of the "Ape" sequels that's worth watching.
Time Out
January 26, 2006
It's a long way down from even the second in the series.