Monkey Shines
Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead.
Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, ...
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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1988
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A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
29 Jul 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$7,000,000
Revenue:
$5,344,577
Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A befuddled story about a man constrained from the neck down told by a director confused from the neck up.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Nov 2007
fresh:
One of George Romero's most effective and interesting horror thrillers.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
26 Nov 2007
fresh:
Romero's is a formidable talent which others can only hope to ape.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
A film that begins in sentimentality and ends in ludicrous melodrama.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
Somewhere within this movie's two hours or so is hidden an absolutely spellbinding 90-minute thriller.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000