Spanking the Monkey

Perhaps the greatest cast of actors ever assembled--I'm dead serious. NOT a comedy, not even really a black comedy. I laughed maybe once during the entire thing. This is not a movie about masturbation as the title implies. It deals with... Full review

Awful, awful movie. What a horrible, terrible way to waste a couple of hours on a Friday night. When it ended, I screamed, "That's IT? What an awful movie!"... Full review

All i gotta say is why in the hell woud they show a movie that puts a mom and son drinking together in the same bed and end up having sexual intercourse. Sorry to say this but everyone i have met... Full review

An independent film that bravely confronts the subject of consensual incest is presented as a dark comedy in which ALBERTA WATSON and JEREMY DAVIES, as mother and son, have the key roles. It's their mother/son relationship at the heart of... Full review

Given the budget limitations ($80,000), "Spanking the Monkey" manages to hold interest albeit with some poorly chosen scenes.The core of the movie is the relationship between mother and son. The rest of the cast exists to point the way to... Full review

This twisted, strange and boring story line put me to sleep so I rushden to my bed after seeing what was an overated and disapointing film. I still can't get over the fact this was a comedy, I grined once. CRYING... Full review

This movie might be too controversial for some people and a bit slow at times, but its still different in a good way. However, the ending seems abrupt to me and robs the movie of much of its redeeming value.... Full review

Dude really *****ed his hot mom! And then he wants to commit suicide. You should of thought about that before you started drinking and throwing cheese everywhere!... Full review

THIS COMMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS, GIVEAWAYS AND REVELATIONS. Or something.Okay, to my mind what holds this movie together is the chemistry between Susan (Alberta Watson) and Ray (Jeremy Davies). Almost everything else is superfluous and a great deal of the last... Full review

The climax it where it's at in this movie; didn't see it coming the first time I watched the film. Plenty of nice shots and solid character development. Funny and at times painful to watch, but definitely makes you think.... Full review

If found this movie very interesting....Raymond is played by the very talented and very underrated actor Jeremy Davis..... ... Full Review

"Spanking the Monkey" is an independent film that won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival this past January. ... Full Review

This disconcerting independent film won the audience award at last year's Sundance Film Festival, and has stirred some controversy with its mother-son incest sub-theme. The movie takes its name from Ray's frustrated attempts at finding a few moments of private pleasure -- the dog keeps howling outside the bathroom door. ... Full Review

Nevertheless there are moments when it works brilliantly. Russell leads us into this thicket of dysfunctionality by increments, but even in its most lurid moments, the movie maintains its dryly irreverent tone. ... Full Review

Spanking the Monkey is often funny -- and sometimes hilarious -- because of its acute perceptiveness. ... Full Review

Mark Sandman died with his boots on. Or at least the rock-and-roll equivalent of the Old West gunfighter's epitaph: with his bass strapped across his chest while playing the music he loved with his band Morphine, at the Nel Nome... ... Full Article

Last updated: 12:11 pm April 22, 2009 Posted: 1:18 am April 22, 2009 WAVERLY Inn . . . Waverly Out? That could be the Monkey Bar, the oft-reinvented Hotel Elysee dining venue reborn yet again, most glamoriciously, at the hands... ... Full Article

Spanking The Monkey Movie Review Warning: SPOILERS! This movie is about a young boy named Raymond, forced to take care of his mother, who has a broken leg. ... Full Article

"I knew I should've packed a change of underwear." Photo courtesy NBC This episode would have rocked our world even if it didn't feature the comedic stylings of Jeremy Davies, a.k.a. the Twitchiest Actor on Earth. ... Full Article

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