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Monkeybone (2001) Rank 2 Reviews
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The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
New York Times (A.O. Scott)
A welcome antidote to the epidemic of witless, frenetic, secondhand low comedies that gnaw at our brains like antibody-resistant spirochetes. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Film.com (Robert Horton)
Looks like a very cheerful and imaginative accident. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Film.com (Robert Horton)
Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Although Monkeybone will undoubtedly make you laugh at its slapstick highjinks, the irony is that for a movie that's ultimately about soul, that's the one commodity that's in precious short supply up on the screen. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
A fairly serious psychodrama rendered in cartoon images. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
It's alternately mind-boggling and patience-testing, mixing astounding sequences of over-the-top invention with scenes of inept acting and indifferent filmmaking. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
Selick proves a clumsy director of live-action scenes and never overcomes the muddled, half-baked script or the scatological gags. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Sean Axmaker)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Boxoffice Magazine
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Too grotesque for children and just too silly for their parents. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)
Like so many movies that depend on effects for effect, plot comes in a poor second to spectacle. That leaves the Fraser, funny and sexy as hell, left with little chance to prove it. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
It's visually creative and darkly funny, but the strain of the effort shows -- it seemed to be afraid of being too dark. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Despite these isolated moments of comic brilliance, as a whole, Monkeybone never quite comes together as it should. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
A lot of eye-catching costumes and effects in search of a plot. And, often, basic coherency. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Steve Murray)
DVD Talk (Adam Tyner)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
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Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
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Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
A shapeless, chaotic, overly frantic comedy that manages to make almost no sense, even if you're paying close attention. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Mr. Showbiz (Cody Clark)
A movie interesting enough in its conception to appeal to adults winds up being best suited to preadolescent sensibilities. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Cody Clark)
Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
Except for the inventive and eye-catching decor, "Monkeybone" is as two-dimensional as a line drawing. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Monkeybone is a headscratcher of a film; you may laugh your ass off or you may stare in bewilderment, and at the end you will probably not know for sure what to make of it. It's based on a fairly obscure comic book by Kaja Blackley called "Dark Town& ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
The scenes set on earth--messy, predictable satire about the commercial exploitation of fevered genius. The unconscious/underworld scenes may be boring because neosurrealism is a cliche. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Chicago Reader (Lisa Alspector)
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Variety (Dennis Harvey)
It's equal parts wacky, sappy and sniggery. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Variety (Dennis Harvey)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Feels like it's been homogenized and Hollywoodized to death. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The movie never takes off; it's a bright idea the filmmakers were unable to breathe life into. ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Palo Alto Online (Joe Mader)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Acharacter played by Brendan Fraser spends half of "Monkeybone" on life support, and so does the movie. Both try to stay alive with injections of nightmare juice. The movie labors hard, the special effects are admirable, no expense has been spared, and ye ...read the complete Monkeybone movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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User Reviews
by cory on March 02, 2009
Monkeybone was a strangely funny movie. It has a weird story, weird characters, and weird everything.
Brendan Fraser stars in this movie as one of his few good characters, as an animator in a coma that is being haunted by his own animated ...
by David E. Smith on September 22, 2009
Very happy to have found this copy of this movie and add it to my collection! I am a huge Brendan fraser fan, thank you for helping me! Great price and very fast shipping from this vendor, I appreciate ...
by Robert M. Crawfor... on April 16, 2009
great quality and was always a hit am glad to have this movie added back to the ...
by Random Reviewer on January 26, 2009
If this were available in Blu-ray, I'd buy it. Again. Such a weird little movie, but one I can watch again and again. It's not exactly high-brow, but it's splendid eye candy, and Brendan Fraser is seriously underrated. ...
by lamourdemordred on October 07, 2008
Despite Brendan Fraser's dismissive attitude towards this movie, it is absolutely fantastic and hilarious. The visual and dark comedic style is that of Tim Burton, in fact the director, Henry Selick, was a distinct influence on Burton's style and it ...
by Steven Stewart "C... on August 24, 2008
By weird I do truly mean weird, in a way that you can't possibly see what was going through writer, Sam Hamms mind when devising this film. The story itself is weird enough but when focusing on the land of nightmares, known as Downtown, I found myself ...
by cvairag on August 21, 2006
O.K. Duffers! Put up your dukes. Without question the most tasteless, reckless, perjoratively brilliant film ever made. Attacks all sacred cows of Amazon reviewers such as the little girl from Kansas who thinks that Micheal Moore ought to be tried for ...
by Paul on September 20, 2005
Brendan Fraser does wonderful work as the coma bound cartoonist who meets his nightmares in an attempt to get back to reality and his girlfriend. Whoopi Goldberg as death personified adds to the zaniness. A completely hilarious movie with a unique story. ...
by Big Bertha on August 13, 2005
this movie is so funny. like the part where he is like "im gonna go choke my monkey" is the funniest line i've ever heard in my life. the plot is also genious. this film has rapid laughs that never let up. everything about it is purley great. a winner ...
by Danielle Muller "... on April 06, 2005
This movie made me laugh the entire time. Tim Burton certainly does have a sense of humor hidden somewhere amid that psychotic mind of his.
Although for those that will not enjoy raunchy and slightly perverted humor, this movie will probaly not be for ...
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