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Monkeybone (2001)

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Reviews Counted:109

Fresh:21

Rotten:88

Average Rating:3.9/10

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

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 illustrator named Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser). (He wears a coat with the tag S. Miley, which is a good hint at the film's brand of pun-filled humor.) On the night that Stu is going to propose marriage to his girlfriend, Julie (Bridget Fonda), a freak accident throws him into a coma. Though he appears unconscious, lying in a hospital bed, he is actually having the strangest experience of his lifetime inside his own head. Trapped in a bizarre amusement park called Downtown, the land where nightmares are stored, Stu comes face to face with a living version of the small, mischievous Monkeybone (a stop-action paraffin sculpture voiced by John Turturro). The other inhabitants of Downtown are either part-humans like the seductive cat woman, Kitty (Rose McGowan) and the mysterious face of Death (Whoopi Goldberg), or beasts--Cyclops, Minotaurs, and Centaurs. While dodging obstacles from his own nightmares, Stu strives to break out of his coma and return to his true love. Little does he know, Monkeybone has plans of his own. [More]

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Dave Foley

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Dave Foley, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Christopher Franciosa, Giancarlo Esposito, Megan Mullally, Mary Pierce, Bob Odenkirk, John Turturro

Director: Henry Selick

Director: Henry Selick
Screenwriter: Sam Hamm
Producer: Mark Radce, Michael Barnathan
Composer: Anne Dudley
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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The design is often brilliant, although the film is nowhere near as tasteless or funny as it ought to be.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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This is a film for people with eyes but no brain.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/16/01
Jason Korsner
Jason Korsner
BBC
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A bundle of chaotic energy signifying nothing.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
02/11/09
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

The film Monkeybone is a raucous mess. Director Henry Selick mixes animation and live action to the noisy, clumsy detriment of both.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | comment Comment
02/02/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Las Vegas CityLife

...an outrageously funny demonstration of how our interior angst can be put into the service of art.

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment Comment
01/27/09
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

A crass and frantic comedy-fantasy pitched alternately, I think, at ten-year-olds or stoned college students.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/18/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

You can almost see money dripping off the walls of the sets and cybersets in this special-effects extravaganza.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/26/07
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader

The movie doesn't seem to have a purpose other than to fill space.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Click to read the article.

Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | comment Comment
01/04/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com

An embarrassment for Brendan Fraser. Consider this surreal comedy attempt a career hurdle that Fraser has since cleared.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Monkeybone is kind of like a Tim Burton movie - except it wasn't directed by Tim Burton.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
08/01/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

There's a special place in my heart for movies that create new worlds for us to inhabit.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

A largely frustrating 90-minute experience.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
05/18/03
Ron Wells
Ron Wells
Film Threat

Selick does his cast a major disservice.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/14/03
Joe Mader
Joe Mader
Palo Alto Weekly

If you're interested in craziness, loony looking critters and other people's nightmares, there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Nice bid all around, kids. Too bad it doesn't quite work.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Nice pictures, shame about the story.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/17/02
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Monkeybone's brief running time suggests the studio attempted to resuscitate its humor in the editing room. The operation was not a success.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
08/07/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Nothing prepared me for the painful experience of watching 'Monkeybone.'

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08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
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