Reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews and was a box office disappointment. Based on 11 reviews, Ed was given a 0% "rotten" rating according to Rotten Tomatoes.
It received four Razzie Awards nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay (David M. Evans), and Worst Screen Couple (for LeBlanc and Ed the mechanical chimp), losing all of those categories to Striptease starring Demi Moore. It was also nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star for Matt LeBlanc, losing to Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire as Barb Wire.
At one point in the film Ed, the talented pitching chimp, is told to pitch at a baseball game. He then proceeds to give the opposing character the finger. This was taken negatively among critics considering the movie is under the PG rating.
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