Monkeybone Critic Reviews

There's unwieldy mess -- but there's also unruly brilliance to this dark and funny story about the havoc that ensues when a man's uncensored Freudian id is allowed the run of the place.Read the full review

Grand fantasy, in which Brendan Fraser and stylish design and energetic special effects play off one another for maximum fun.Read the full review

The movie is booby-trapped with so many loud gags that some of its sneakier humor is nearly lost in the din.Read the full review

Wildly uneven collage of effects and live action is no Disney-bland vision of dreams gone bonkers. There's enough Freudian material to reupholster a thousand therapy couches.Read the full review

Although Monkeybone will undoubtedly make you laugh at its slapstick highjinks, the irony is that for a movie that's ultimately about soul, that's the one commodity that's in precious short supply up on the screen.Read the full review

Too grotesque for children and just too silly for their parents.Read the full review

The movie never takes off; it's a bright idea the filmmakers were unable to breathe life into.Read the full review

The result is a script so needlessly complicated that it defies comprehension.Read the full review

It's equal parts wacky, sappy and sniggery.Read the full review