Was den Umgang mit Affen betrifft, entspricht der Film weitgehend den Tatsachen, wie der Dokumentarfilm Project Nim nach dem Buch von Elizabeth Hess, Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human, klar zeigt.
As far as the treatment of apes is concerned, much of the film is firmly grounded in reality, as a viewing of Project Nim, a documentary based on Elizabeth Hess’s book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human, clearly demonstrates.