Djimon Hounsou plays Chief Bongo, and while he is not in much of the film, his side plot that connects to Tarzan is really the emotional core of the film and whether or not Tarzan is able to return back to the jungle after clearing up elements of his life from the past. (rottentomatoes.com)
The emotional core of the film revolves around Star - Lord and his sense of purpose. (vox.com)
It's meticulously directed, the foley is as sharp and crowd pleasing as the finest Mamet dialogue, and Krasinski doesn't neglect the emotional core of the film — the family vying to survive, whose tensions, divisions and turmoil we experience in near silence, but with great expressivity and economy. (theoohtray.com)