'Monkey Business' has its moments, but they may prove too few for the patience of many viewers.
Monkey Business (1952)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:19
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An absent-minded professor stumbles across the "fountain of youth" when one of his lab chimps accidentally dumps a batch of chemicals into the water cooler. The resulting elixir revives youthful... An absent-minded professor stumbles across the "fountain of youth" when one of his lab chimps accidentally dumps a batch of chemicals into the water cooler. The resulting elixir revives youthful and reckless behavior in the professor, his bored wife and his co-workers. [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Starring: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Hugh Marlowe, Henri Letondal, Robert Cornthwaite, Larry Keating
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Screenwriter: Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, I. A. L. Diamond
Composer: Leigh Harline, Lionel Newman
Reviews for Monkey Business
Grant is as wonderful as ever, pulling the film along when its plot drags or his co-stars ham it up too much.
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