Brendan Fraser,
Bridget Fonda,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Chris Kattan,
Dave Foley
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This feverishly energetic comedy combines stop-motion animation and live action from director Henry Selick, creator of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). Brend... read more
Directed by: Henry Selick
Release Date: February 23, 2001
Keywords:
nightmare before,
brendan fraser,
stop motion,
chris kattan,
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Brendan Fraser ,
Chris Kattan ,
Henry Selick
DVD Release Date: July 10, 2001
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November 7, 2011Based on the comic 'Dark Town' but slightly twisted somewhat resulting in this film from Selick which by no means is a bad thing as the film is great fun. When I first saw this it was a straight to 'video' release but I was enticed by the unusual title and colourful film cover, ... read more
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March 27, 2010fb733768972This was an enjoyable ride. It was just funny how the main act was holding his head on with anything he could find. I laughed every time he came up with something new and original to hold it up.
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September 14, 2009Monkeybone gets a lot of undeserved flack. It's by no means a great film but there's so much to like about it. Selick's imagination runs wild in the fantasy segments. He makes great use of stop-motion animation and some wonderful make-up and costumes. Rose McGowan is a particular... read more
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July 23, 2009This is what happens when a film suffers from being too unrestrained. What should have been a clever dark fantasy about a comic-book artist who enters his own world is instead a textbook case of style over substance. Director Henry Selick - so wonderful with puppet animation - ha... read more
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October 18, 2007The part in 'downtown' is really cool, but as a whole i hate brendan fraser so much it's hard to watch.
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July 1, 2007I thought "Monkeybone" would be as brilliant as "Beetlejuice" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" but was wrong.
It's an unfunny gross movie with lots of flat black humour. Visually, the world of the afterlife looks great with its cartoonish neon amusement park glow, but nothing fu... read more -
Critic Reviews
April 26, 2007
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
March 22, 2002
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Why do I still have a soft spot for this flick? Because there are glimmers of intelligence in the mess, because it must have driven the marketing department crazy, and because it fails so differently ... Full Review
March 1, 2001
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
There's unwieldy mess -- but there's also unruly brilliance to this dark and funny story. Full Review
February 23, 2001
Paul Tatara, CNN.com
One of those newfangled production design monstrosities that grabs you by the collar in the first ten minutes, then shakes you around like a rag doll until you're ready to drop. Full Review
February 23, 2001
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
The result is a script so needlessly complicated that it defies comprehension. Full Review
February 23, 2001
Dennis Harvey, Variety
The guy can't control his 'monkey,' get it? Heh-heh. Yep, that's the whole concept. Heh. Pretty twisted, eh? Heh ... har ... um ... zzzzzz. Full Review
February 23, 2001
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Its fondness for fart and genitalia jokes ... proves its downfall. Full Review
February 23, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The film becomes a flailing mess. Full Review
February 23, 2001
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
A giddy madcap classic, one of the wildest and funniest American comedies in years. Full Review
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