Gigi & Nate (2022) on Netflix
At a Fourth of July party, Nate Gibson dives into a lake and collapses. Quadriplegic and depressed four years on, he is given Gigi, a capuchin, as an emotional support animal.
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Plot summary
Doctors in Nashville, Tennessee, find meningitis and a swelling brain that causes constant seizures after Nate Gibson collapses at his family's Fourth of July party in Happy Days, North Carolina. Four years later he is quadriplegic and deeply depressed. Claire approaches Cebus, a group that trains animals as service animals, and Nate gets Gigi, a capuchin, as his emotional support animal. Gigi settles into the house but takes time to come out and be near Nate. Katy, home from college, disapproves, and Banjo the dog slips out and chases Gigi. Nate overhears Claire and Dan arguing about him and Gigi, and offers to give her back. Gigi then begins helping him with his rehabilitation exercises.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gigi & Nate (2022)
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- Gigi & Nate was loosely inspired by Ellen Rogers's book about her own disabled son, who in 2006 began working with an organization that trains monkeys to assist people with disabilities.
- According to animal-welfare critic Devan Schowe of Born Free USA, the film's warmest scenes between Nate and Gigi were actually filmed with an animated version of the capuchin, while the real animal actor, Allie, was reserved for scenes showing aggression and frustration.
- Animal-welfare groups Born Free USA and PETA publicly criticized the film for depicting primates as service animals, arguing it would inadvertently encourage the trade in pet monkeys.
