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B. Monkey

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9.8 User Score:

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)

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...

76

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

An entertaining but insubstantial romantic thriller loaded with Euro-chic trappings and no small amount of sex appeal.

75

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A solidly crafted, entertaining melodrama.

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67

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

You may roll your eyes a bit at the glib, transparent, indie-grunge romanticism.

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63

New York Post Rod Dreher

That insinuating, sublime atmosphere is consistently being intruded upon by the distractingly silly plot.

50

Village Voice Jessica Winter

B. Monkey is crawling with smart actors saying things they don't quite mean.

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50

The New York Times Anita Gates

The best part of B. Monkey is reveling in the dark side of Rupert Everett.

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50

Film.com Marsha McCreadie

A sort of "Pretty Woman" for the underworld.

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50

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

As skilled, resourceful actors, (Argento and Harris) make...a more believable couple than you would have thought possible.

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40

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Overall the film is a stylish lark with no resonance, a mean-spirited one-night stand of a movie.

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20

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

Unfortunately, none of the characters -- despite the film's strong cast -- ever seems worthy of the attention.

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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.

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