Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Owen Shore One of the best films of 2001, highly recommended for Brendan Fraser heads. He really shows off his versatility in this movie, acting as more then one character (a monkey even !) This movie was funny but parts of it were also a bit creepy at time. Whoopie Goldberg was really funny in this one, her sassy attitude was funny. I also enjoyed when they were in Monkeybone world it reminded me of nightmare before Christmas. However if your watching this with your younger kids than i might recommend screening it first so you can hide the scary parts :)older kids can watch monkeybone no problemFavorite quote: 'The woman I love is living with a horny little monkey that looks like me!'

popcorninhell Their are many reasons for a movie to be in the running for worst film ever made. Movies like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "The Beast From Yucca Flats" are often mentioned because of their overall low quality. Once I sat down and watch them however, I either saw them as unintentionally funny, surprisingly earnest or otherwise undeserving of such an abysmal reputation. Monkeybone on the other-hand remains one of only a handful of movies that has left me simultaneously awestruck and angry; stupefied and seething. A cringe and groan inducing mess that is certainly my official pick for worst movie ever made.Brendan Fraser stars as a successful cartoonist who falls into a coma after an accident, the details of which are too stupid to mention, and ends up in a parallel universe inside his mind where he meets his creation Monkeybone (voiced by John Turturro). Monkeybone, a lascivious little monkey with a penchant for chaos takes over his body and wreaks havoc on his relationship with his girlfriend/psychiatrist. Fraser (still in his own head we think), makes a plea to Death, played by Whoopi Goldberg and is loaned a body to win back his girl before Monkeybone gets his dirty ape hands on her.Co-stars Bridget Fonda, Megan Mullally, Dave Foley, Rose McGowan and Chris Kattan round-up an unremarkable list of "talent" that were hired to stand behind stop-motion models and in front of rejected Beetlejuice sets. The dark atmosphere of the movie struggles to integrate its scatological humor, most of which is provided by an obnoxious cartoon monkey. Its obvious the film was edited into oblivion in post-production which would account for the lion's share of the plot holes but my question is to what end? Sure it made the movie shorter (thank god!) but the plot still took two acts to actually get moving. Once it did it sprightly rushed into the last 15 minutes like a morbid Tom and Jerry cartoon.What was the prime demographic for this movie? I think the David Lynch crowd is a bit beyond poop jokes at this point and its far too dark for children. Arguably the saddest thing about this film however is the lost potential in director Henry Selick, whose previous work includes "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach." While Selick has since redeemed himself with 2009's "Coraline," "Monkeybone" presents the director at his nadir.Monkeybone truly bats and misses on all points. Its An ugly looking hatchback with no engine, a busy yet boring quagmire. At its very best its a slap-dashed movie that is literally all dressed up with no where to go. It showcases bad direction, bad acting, bad editing, bad cinematography, bad script, bad story. I honestly would be ashamed to be this film's boom mic operator (which is visible in one scene). The failure of this film is actually quite spectacular when you think about it. Watch it if you're masochistic, otherwise stay far away from Monkeybone!http://theyservepopcorninhell.blogspot.com/

michael_the_nermal This movie could have been interesting, if only the dialogue and acting were as spectacular as the concepts and special effects and sets. The basic premise of "Monkeybone," the story of a cartoonist and his id suspended in a fantasy world akin to "Bettlejuice's" Neitherworld, has legs, no doubt about it. But the writing for this movie was just plain wooden. Brendan Fraser is decent as mild-mannered Stu, a budding cartoonist with high hopes for his pet project, the "Monkeybone" cartoon. He's just (to quote Whoopi Goldberg's Death character) too vanilla as Stu, a trait that marks his girlfriend, played by Bridget Fonda, in this movie. As Stu-possessed-by-Monkeybone, he does his best to act goofy and strange, but it doesn't strike me as particularly inspired acting. The most interesting characters are those that inhabit "The Afterlife." The actor who plays the ruler of the Dream World, Hypnos, is very good as a conniving villain. Whoopi Goldberg is a bit flat as Death, Hypnos's sister, but is not terrible either. Rose McGowan looks as lovely as ever as Kitty, the half-human, half-cat denizen of Downtown who tries to help Stu escape from the Afterlife. She's not very potent in her role, but still manages to hold her own.I enjoyed the idea the screenwriters had in mind, and enjoyed the costumes and sets for The Afterlife. The filmmakers create a very credible fantasy world that is very fun to watch. The writing and acting are what drag this movie down. The actors are simply to bland and uninteresting, and are exactly the opposite of the flashy and exciting sets. I still recommend "Monkeybone," but don't expect much more than a bland movie. A better director and better actors could have made this a classic.P.S. I thought the actor who played Steven King was pretty funny, and they managed to find somebody who looked just like him!

Kevin Quirk He does it again ladies and gentlemen. Our boy is back with a brand new edition...and this time ...hes... brought... Whoopie! Mr. Fraser does an amazing job playing not only one but two roles of extreme eyeball pleasure. B.F.'s last seemingly effortless journey left us ...Bedazzled? And so will this. If you love movies that involve not only animated characters with purple gas but Chris Kattan then you will absolutely adore this hilarious romp through reality and B.F.eality. Thats right, we're in his head people and we can't get out but ask yourself, Would you really want to? Some young new hotshot, Bob Odenkirk, enjoyed a role but of course paled in comparison to the performance of Stu Miley...dreamer...comic book artist...giggler...Brendan Fraser.