Inside Monkey Zetterland (1993)
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71% of critics liked it
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(218 ratings)
Actor Steven Antin wrote the screenplay, and U.S.C. film professor Jefery Levy directed this self-absorbed trifle about a self-absorbed screenwriter and his nutty family and friends. Antin plays Monkey Zetterland, an innocuous young man who is trying to work on his screenplay -- something having to… More Actor Steven Antin wrote the screenplay, and U.S.C. film professor Jefery Levy directed this self-absorbed trifle about a self-absorbed screenwriter and his nutty family and friends. Antin plays Monkey Zetterland, an innocuous young man who is trying to work on his screenplay -- something having to do with the defunct Los Angeles streetcar system -- while a collection of relatives, friends, and neighbors continually interrupt him. His family is a collection of personified neurosis: there is Honor (Katherine Helmond) a soap-opera actress with hemorrhoids who is afraid of being fired; Grace (Patricia Arquette), his lesbian sister who is crestfallen to find that her lover Cindy (Sofia Coppola) is pregnant; brother Brent (Tate Donovan), an anal hairdresser with his elbow constantly bent over a cell phone; and Mike (Bo Hopkins), his Dad, who shows up for Thanksgiving dinner with his pet parrot. But his neighbors are no better: Imogene (Sandra Bernhard) screams to him, "I love you, Monkey Zetterland!"; Daphne (Debi Mazar) complains that Monkey doesn't spend enough time with her; Sofie (Martha Plimpton) and Sasha (Rupert Everett) are a pair of terrorists devoted to blowing up insurance companies that deny insurance policies to HIV-positive patients; and Bella (Ricki Lake), a crazed fan of Monkey's mom. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jefery Levy
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 25, 1993 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 6, 2007
- Studio
- Prism Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, Variety
A charming, sharply written comedy set in L.A., infused with sophisticated gay sensibility.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
So odd that it's mesmerizing.
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Cast
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Steve Antin
as Monkey Zetterland
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Patricia Arquette
as Grace Zetterland
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Sandra Bernhard
as Imogene
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Sofia Coppola
as Cindy
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Tate Donovan
as Brent Zetterland
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Bo Hopkins
as Mike Zetterland
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Katherine Helmond
as Honor Zetterland
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Martha Plimpton
as Sofie
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Rupert Everett
as Sasha
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Ricki Lake
as Bella
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Debi Mazar
as Daphne
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Lance Loud
as Psychiatrist
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Frances Bay
as Grandma
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Luca Bercovici
as Boot Guy
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Robin Antin
as Waitress
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Chris Nash
as Policeman
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Blair Tefkin
as Brent's Assistant
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Robert Russell
as Hasidic Jew
- Steven Antin
