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Year One
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B. Monkey

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 10 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Andrew Davies (novel)
Michael Thomas
Chloe King
Michael Radford
Directed by: Michael Radford
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 10, 1999
DVD: March 21, 2000
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / Italy / USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong sexuality and language, and for violence and drug content
Starring Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett, and Jonathan Rhys-Myers
The dark and dangerous love story of B. (Argento), a wild and beautiful young girl, and Alan (Harris), the passionate and romantic young schoolteacher who falls head over heels in love with her. (Miramax)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
An entertaining but insubstantial romantic thriller loaded with Euro-chic trappings and no small amount of sex appeal.
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
You may roll your eyes a bit at the glib, transparent, indie-grunge romanticism.
Read Full Review >New York Post Rod Dreher
That insinuating, sublime atmosphere is consistently being intruded upon by the distractingly silly plot.
Village Voice Jessica Winter
B. Monkey is crawling with smart actors saying things they don't quite mean.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Anita Gates
The best part of B. Monkey is reveling in the dark side of Rupert Everett.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
As skilled, resourceful actors, (Argento and Harris) make...a more believable couple than you would have thought possible.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Overall the film is a stylish lark with no resonance, a mean-spirited one-night stand of a movie.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Unfortunately, none of the characters -- despite the film's strong cast -- ever seems worthy of the attention.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
rafael m. gave it a10:
I Like This movie and ASIA ARGENTO I Like.
Akko gave it a 10:
Asia devotee!
K fipper gave it a 10:
I'm in love.
Jack W. gave it a 9:
Beautiful.
Poul Butterfly gave it a 10:
Very good.
