Monkeybone

Its a pretty darn BIG laugh. Its visually weird but the story is kind of cleverly written. The director 'Henry Selick' takes a step down to the its so bad that its entertaining level. Unlike previous successes this is a disappointment... Full review

What a discredit this movie pays to the original! In the original movie a spaceman offered a solution to end world violence and the destruction of mankind. The original 1950’s version featured not so famous actors and was filmed in black... Full review

"monkeybone" stars brendan frasier as STU MILEY, a cartoonist that falls into a coma after being involved in a freak accident. he wakes up in another dimension called DOWNTOWN, a purgatory-like limbo between life and death.it is populated by many of... Full review

As it moves along Monkeybone goes limp as the storyline dries up along with the acting in this lame brained film.... Full review

If you read my other reviews, I normally only review movies I give an "A" (or higher) to. However, Monkeybone is profane, perverted, and mentally deprived- and yet, there is a certain charm to it. Brendan Fraser has a few moments... Full review

This movie was okay I mean I liked the plot of the movie but Henry Selick is nothing without Tim Burton lending a helping hand hence the one and a half stars from reviewers... Full review

the surreal drawings in the movie is awesome and it was delivered naturally by the casts,specially on the switch body part between monkeybone and stu.wacky script yet ain't the best. think it deserves an A... Full review

Henry Selick is one of the most underrated filmmakers at work in Hollywood today. He hasn't many features under his belt, but that's because of the effort he invests in his projects. His films take years to complete. Selick's trademark... Full review

"... is loaded with pointless stupidity from start to finish! Well, that's what I was thinking the last and also the first time I saw it."... Full review

Brendan is not a bad actor but this movie is a disapointment to the world. I wanted to sell my copy of this movie imediatly but who wants to buy this.... Full review

Obviously intended as a comical scene about sex, the scene is neither funny nor sexy, prompting neither laughter nor arousal but only disgust.....not merely a disappointment, the film is a complete disaster that bombed with both audiences ($ 7.6-million worldwide gross on a $75-million budget ) and with critics (20 % approval at Rotten Tomatoes ).....The gymnast sequences may have been funny out of context....a moribund film....a few entertaining moments.... ... Full Review

Burton-centric visuals create a striking fantasy world, Danny Elfman's music is great, and Selick imbues more pathos and verve into his stop-motion animated characters than most flesh-and-blood actors can express. Sure, it's easy to blow Nightmare off as little more than a merchandise machine for Hot Topic-but rewatch the film, and you'll likely be impressed. ... Full Review

the eclectic song score....Even when he makes bad movies, Fraser can be sympathetic.....Its twisted carnival tableau....the film's incessant mean-spiritedness....most of the movie is grotesque.... ... Full Review

They need to show their bad movie to feature writers looking to do actor profiles (i.e. This last movie is a surprising, and disappointing, entry on the blackout list. Months later, I watched the movie on an airplane and sort of liked it. ... Full Review

Monkeybone" is a very bad movie, and amazingly so. Knowing this, it can safely be said that "Monkeybone" may very well have once been a good motion picture, but has, instead, been turned into a lifeless, overblown monstrosity. ... Full Review

Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) has the world at his feet. The cartoonist has just had his strip, Monkeybone, made into a TV pilot with the promise of a series - and merchandising tie-ins. ... Full Article

Maybe I've lost contact with the cultural pulse of America, but I experienced zero excitement about this film before its release. I knew few people who actually saw the first Mummy , and I hadn't heard a soul talk about ... Full Article

Give credit to Brendan Fraser for doing his energetic, uninhibited physical best to make Monkeybone entertaining. Give Bridget Fonda credit for doing her darnedest to infuse the movie with her lucid emotional focus. ... Full Article

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"Excuse me, I have to go CHOKE MY MONKEY!" There's a special place in my heart for movies that create new worlds for us to inhabit. ... Full Article

Say it three times: Beetlejuice, beetlejuice, beetlejuice! Now try it with Monkeybone . Good--now you know what the latest manifestation of Brendan Fraser's brain-damaged career looks like. ... Full Article