The filmmakers have pulled off a stunning paradox: Caesar is much more human than an entirely digitized creation, and much more apish than an actual ape faster, stronger, more exuberant in his knuckle-dragging, chin-thrusting, lunging glory.
The screenwriters Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver and the director Rupert Wyatt, relying on motion-capture techniques, make Caesar much more human than an entirely digitized creation, and much more apish than an actual ape faster, stronger, more exuberant in his paw-dragging, chin-thrusting, lunging glory.