Eccentric socialite Gertrude ' Trudy' Lintz (Rene Russo) has four youngsters. She has their clothes tailor-made, teaches them table manners, to play croquet & to say their prayers before bedtime. But these are no ordinary youngsters
- they are chimpanzees! Buddy is the true story of Trudy, who with her husband Bill (Robbie Coltrane) & her loyal assistant Dick, are the most generous animal keepers since Noah! But, Trudy's favourite 'child' is Buddy
- the gorilla she raised from a sickly baby to a mischievous adult who gets into all kind of hilarious monkey business.