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1952
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Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.0
/5
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1.5
Attempt to draw out a thin, familiar slapstick idea isnt carried off.
Variety
1.5
he timing of the gags can put most Hollywood comedies, never mind TV sitcoms, to shame.
Time Out
3.2
Plenty of funny moments..Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Director Howard Hawks screwball comedy has plenty of funny moments, but it didnt make me laugh as ..
Sover
5.0
Filmmaker Jacques Rivette wrote a great essay about this film, discussing all its underlying Freudian implications, but its also just great fun.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.1
Howard Hawks: The 50s The Big Sky Monkey Business (January 19/07) Monkey Business casts Cary Grant as Barnaby Fulton, an absent minded scientist who i ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Mildly amusing screwball comedy about the effects of a youth formula on a married couple, in the vein of (but not as witty or funny) Hawks 1938 Bringi ..
Emanuellevy
4.0
Starting with the credit sequence, a mini meta masterwork in which Cary Grant repeatedly misses his cue, Howard Hawkss 1952 science comedy is a summit ..
New Yorker
2.0
But ultimately,the film is about Dharam Sunny Bobby,so thats where it remains.
The New Indian Express
3.8
A goofy premise and slight script are transformed into something very funny by director Howard Hawks and a cast of screen legends.
Movies Tv Guide
2.5
It can also be a bore.This viewer found it entertaining and farcically inventive to the point where its battery of comedy writers obviously lay back o ..
Ny Times
4.5
Monkey Business ranks with the best works of the American cinema.
Chicago Reader
1.5
The rather strained, juvenile high jinks do have their funny lines and situations, plus Monroe as an incompetent stenographer.
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