Send a Gorilla is a 1988 New Zealand comedy film directed by Melanie Read.

Synopsis Valentine's Day is the busiest day in the year for three young women and their singing telegram service. Their Send A Gorilla Singing Telegram Company has started badly they are short-staffed and drowning in orders. The boss is missing, and one of the singers has lost her voice.

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Reviews 1988 Variety 1994 The Women's Companion to International Film - "...the film has a lot of crazy energy..." 2000 Reframing women: a history of New Zealand film - "...a feminist critique of the commercialisation of romance..."

Awards and nominations Nominated for 3 New Zealand Film and TV Awards 1989 Montreal Women's Film Festival - Audience Choice - Second Place.

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