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Monkeybone (2001) Rank 1 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Monkeybone (2001) a score of 2.3798 out of 4
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Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
Like a half-remembered dream, the movie's often so overwhelming that even its dull, dead moments (of which there are many, unfortunately) leave you wondering what you're missing and what you've just forgotten. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...not only a comedy that misfires, it self-destructs and takes the viewer along with it. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Selick is widely and rightly regarded as a master of surreal, dark humor, and wildly inventive animation technique, and Monkeybone is the first tarnish on his otherwise spotless reputation. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Rita Kempley)Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
The result is a script so needlessly complicated that it defies comprehension. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily (Mervius)Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
The story quickly becomes tiresome, failing to draw us in. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
A shell of a romantic fantasy festooned with characters inspired by and resembling those in the bar scene in "Star Wars," the waiting room in "Beetlejuice" and the circus in "A Bug's ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Monkeybone (2001) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Scott Renshaw)Apollo Guide (Scott Renshaw)
Henry Selick’s Monkey Bone posits a world where strange and disturbing visions rule, where logic holds no sway, and where events are overwhelmed by the next bizarre creature or freaky conceit. It is the world inside the movie, but it is more. It is ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Apollo Guide (Scott Renshaw)
 
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Monkeybone (2001) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Monkeybone (2001) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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