Monkeybone

  • 2001


MOVIE IS incoherent imaginative complicated entertaining precious
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13 %
19 % Rotten
$ 7 Million
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Positive Reviews 12
Negative reviews 32
Average Rating 2.0/5
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3.8
Theres unwieldy mess but theres also unruly brilliance to this dark and funny story. EW
1.9
The Monkeybone character doesnt earn its screen time; its just a noxious pest. Rogerebert
1.5
The design is often brilliant, although the film is nowhere near as tasteless or funny as it ought to be. Time Out
1.5
The result is a script so needlessly complicated that it defies comprehension.
3.0
Although Monkeybone will undoubtedly make you laugh at its slapstick highjinks, the irony is that for a movie thats ultimately about soul, thats the o ..
2.5
Even a brief cameo by Austins Internet film guru Harry Knowles cant save the film from its muddled tone and frantic pacing.
0.0
A crass and frantic comedy fantasy pitched alternately, I think, at ten year olds or stoned college students. E Film Critic
2.5
In Freudian terms, Monkeybone embodies pure id; hes totally selfish, totally libidinous. San Francisco Chronicle
1.8
A Beetlejuice clone with more grotesquerie but far less mirth ... so strenuous you can almost see the sweat roll off the screen. One Guys Opinion
2.5
The movie doesnt seem to have a purpose other than to fill space. Combust Ible Celluloid
1.9
An unfunny movie with small flashes of inspiration that really just turns into a big mess. Mark Reviews Movies
2.8
Whoopi Goldberg, a veteran of this kind of comedy, doesnt do anything with the great potential of her character, Death.
1.5
And any movie that can zing both Stephen King and Steven Seagal cant be totally bad. Usa Today
2.8
Perhaps Selick was so intent on getting the crazy stuff right, he neglected to look at the mundane things, like continuity and a good script. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
This tale about alter ego and greed generates more morbid and sexual content than a real sense of ghoulish fun or panic. News Review
0.5
It certainly isnt for Bridget Fonda (Lake Placid, A Simple Plan) who cant do anything in a flat and uninspired role. Screen It
1.5
The film tells us, we all have, or would like to have, a little Monkeybone inside of us. Well, hopefully not. Pop Matters
1.5
Too much of everything, a lo mein stuffed lasagna in banana bechamel sauce. With a coffee malted. And pickles. News Day
1.5
Fraser cant decide whether to play it straight or go over the top, Fonda is just bland and Goldberg cant keep a straight face (why shes laughing at th .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
Although the images devilishly delight the audience, the script is as dead as the afterlife, called Downtown, in which most of the movie takes place. Internet Reviews
1.5
What a brilliant opportunity to explore the inner demons that haunt creative types!
0.5
I almost forgot about Whoopi Goldbergs miscasting as Death, Dave Foleys ridiculous ranting as a crazed agent, Chris Kattans ghoulish turn as a decompo .. Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
Despite these isolated moments of comic brilliance, as a whole, Monkeybone never quite comes together as it should. Q Network
4.5
A giddy madcap classic, one of the wildest and funniest American comedies in years. Salon
1.5
A messy end to a messy fantasy thats ok only if you dont care about story and are happy just to look at the amazing pictures.
2.0
The film is too childish for adults, but too smutty for children. Bbc
2.5
Yet it isnt, and that fact, more than anything else, is why Hannibal fails: it is simply unable stand alone on its own few merits but worst of all, it .. Mr Brown Movies
1.3
The same goes for the highly talented and extremely funny Megan Mullally (TVs Will & Grace), who isnt offered one funny line to utter. The Movie Boy
4.0
Actress Jameela Jamil uses drama over Kim Kardashians maternity shapewear to remind us to second guess everything tabloids write about women. Calendar Live
1.5
Few laughs Fraser is game for anything, as long as its not acting like a mature human being. Cnn
2.5
Leaning heavily on its low brow antics and animated effects, the story ... is sloppy, choppy, and so egregiously abbreviated that the actors dont even .. Spliced Wire
1.5
Things plod along sloppily and gratingly for the majority of the film. Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
Those looking for a full on freakfest ... will have a bone to pick after this monkey business. E Online
4.4
...an outrageously funny demonstration of how our interior angst can be put into the service of art. Larsen On Film
3.5
Though cute and crass, even the animated Monkeybone isnt over the top entertaining. Ross Anthony
1.5
Primed to be dark, twisted, and playful all exhibited traits of the works of the director, animator Henry Selick it is instead juvenile, amateurish, a .. Window To The Movies
1.5
You can almost see money dripping off the walls of the sets and cybersets in this special effects extravaganza. Chicago Reader
1.5
The film Monkeybone is a raucous mess. Director Henry Selick mixes animation and live action to the noisy, clumsy detriment of both. Tony Mack
1.8
A uniformly banal cast doesnt help matters either; Frasiers been much better in much funnier films and Fonda has little to do but look concerned. Flip Side Archive
3.5
Theres a special place in my heart for movies that create new worlds for us to inhabit. Film Blather
1.0
Lacks as much in the way of creative inspiration as it does in taste. Filmcritic.com
2.5
Why do I still have a soft spot for this flick Because there are glimmers of intelligence in the mess, because it must have driven the marketing depar .. Globe and Mail
1.5
Despite many visually zippy, imaginative moments, Monkeybone is Roger Rabbit redux and ridiculous. Movie Juice
1.5
If youre interested in craziness, loony looking critters and other peoples nightmares, there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes. San Diego Metropolitan
3.0
So dreadfully unfunny and unbearably shrill that watching it makes you feel like youve been trapped in Hell for eternity.
1.5
The antics are tedious and the monkey sex jokes have been PG ed into raunchy, unfunny piffles.
4.5
Monkeybone doesnt make a lot of sense, and, worse, makes little creative use of the contrast between animation and action. The Magazine of Fantasy & ..
1.5
Selick is so delighted by his own Dali esque, head trippy visuals that he fails to get across even the basics of the story. Ent Twin Cities
1.5
Youre never sure whether to feel jangled, confused or simply baffled.
0.5
Stands as a prime example of virtually everything thats wrong with Hollywood right now. Jeff Huston's Believe Me
1.0
It is a puzzling melange of live action and cartoon, real life and fantasy that is almost stupefyingly incoherent. Web Kitsapsun



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