Monkeybone

Name: Monkeybone
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation
Released: February 23, 2001
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda

2001

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 23, 2001 | PG-13

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda

Summary: Combining live action and stop animation, this comedy revolves around a cartoonist (Brendan Fraser) and the incredible fantasy world he encounters after he slips into a coma.

Director: Henry Selick

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Animation

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 93 min

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Charles Taylor

A giddy madcap classic, one of the wildest and funniest American comedies in years. Read full review

Dana Stevens

The movie is booby-trapped with so many loud gags that some of its sneakier humor is nearly lost in the din. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Although Monkeybone will undoubtedly make you laugh at its slapstick highjinks, the irony is that for a movie that's ultimately about soul, that's the one commodity that's in precious short supply up on the screen. Read full review

Mr. Showbiz Cody Clark

A movie interesting enough in its conception to appeal to adults winds up being best suited to preadolescent sensibilities. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie never takes off; it's a bright idea the filmmakers were unable to breathe life into. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Selick is widely and rightly regarded as a master of surreal, dark humor, and wildly inventive animation technique, and Monkeybone is the first tarnish on his otherwise spotless reputation. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

A self-adrenalizing, self-destructing pop-culture whirligig. Read full review

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imthenoob

Dec 15, 2020

I really didn't expect to like it as much as I did but I gave it a go because Fraser is a solid actor. Monkeybone is such a criminally underrated dark comedy that simply works, mostly because Fraser kills it as the lead. I don't think anyone else could have done it better or as good as he did.