Nice pictures, shame about the story.
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08/17/02
Monkeybone (2001)
19 %
Reviews Counted: 105 Fresh: 20 Rotten:85 Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus:
Though original and full of bizarre visuals, Monkeybone is too shapeless a movie, with unengaging characters and random situations that fail to build up laughs.
Runtime: 88 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 23, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $4,942,155
Synopsis: MONKEYBONE, directed by Henry Selick (JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS), is a fantasy adventure that combines live action, stop motion, claymation miniatures, puppets, and computer imaging. Monkeybone is a cartoon character created by a successful comic book... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Dave Foley, Whoopi Goldberg
Director: Henry Selick
Screenwriter: Sam Hamm
Producer: Mark Radce, Michael Barnathan
Composer: Anne Dudley
Screenwriter: Sam Hamm
Producer: Mark Radce, Michael Barnathan
Composer: Anne Dudley
Reviews
Top Critic
A crass and frantic comedy-fantasy pitched alternately, I think, at ten-year-olds or stoned college students.
07/18/08
You can almost see money dripping off the walls of the sets and cybersets in this special-effects extravaganza.
04/26/07
The design is often brilliant, although the film is nowhere near as tasteless or funny as it ought to be.
06/24/06
An embarrassment for Brendan Fraser. Consider this surreal comedy attempt a career hurdle that Fraser has since cleared.
10/25/04
Monkeybone is kind of like a Tim Burton movie - except it wasn't directed by Tim Burton.
08/01/03
There's a special place in my heart for movies that create new worlds for us to inhabit.
05/22/03
If you're interested in craziness, loony looking critters and other people's nightmares, there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.
10/21/02
Monkeybone's brief running time suggests the studio attempted to resuscitate its humor in the editing room. The operation was not a success.
08/07/02
Nothing prepared me for the painful experience of watching 'Monkeybone.'
08/02/02
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 department crazy, and because it fails so differently than all those run-of-the-mill failures.
03/22/02
So dreadfully unfunny and unbearably shrill that watching it makes you feel like you’ve been trapped in Hell for eternity.
03/07/02
An unfunny movie with small flashes of inspiration that really just turns into a big mess.
02/26/02
Except for the inventive and eye-catching decor, "Monkeybone" is as two-dimensional as a line drawing.
12/21/01
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