Monkeybone

Monkeybone (2001)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (112 reviews)

  • 30% of users liked it
    (45,965 ratings)

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). Brendan Fraser stars as Stu Miley, a cartoonist who created a randy monkey character called Monkeybone… More

PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By
Henry Selick
Written By
Sam Hamm
Genres
Animation, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 23, 2001 Wide
On DVD
Jul 10, 2001
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    You can almost see money dripping off the walls of the sets and cybersets in this special-effects extravaganza.

  • 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 than all those run-of-the-mill failures.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    There's unwieldy mess -- but there's also unruly brilliance to this dark and funny story.

  • 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.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    The result is a script so needlessly complicated that it defies comprehension.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Phil H


    Based 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… More

  • KJ P


    This 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.

  • Dead A


    I watched this because of Brendan Fraser. But this was stupid.

  • Wahida K


    Bone 2 B Bad

  • Luke B


    Monkeybone 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… More

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