It’s a lot of fun, even though it’s so damn weird at times I’m glad I didn’t see this as a kid so it wouldn’t give me uncontrollable nightmares. Brendan Fraser gives a delightful performance in the kind of role only he could really pull off.

| Nov 10, 2022

Monkeybone doesn't make a lot of sense, and, worse, makes little creative use of the contrast between animation and action.

| Feb 26, 2020

It is a puzzling melange of live action and cartoon, real life and fantasy that is almost stupefyingly incoherent.

| Jan 17, 2018

Starts out bad and gets progressively worse.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 2, 2011

Fun fun fun, but not necessarily for all the family.

| Jul 13, 2010

Primed to be dark, twisted, and playful -- all exhibited traits of the works of the director, animator Henry Selick -- it is instead juvenile, amateurish, and sloppy.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 16, 2009

A bundle of chaotic energy signifying nothing.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 11, 2009

...an outrageously funny demonstration of how our interior angst can be put into the service of art.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 27, 2009

This tale about alter ego and greed generates more morbid and sexual content than a real sense of ghoulish fun or panic.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

A crass and frantic comedy-fantasy pitched alternately, I think, at ten-year-olds or stoned college students.

| Original Score: F | Jul 18, 2008

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

| Apr 26, 2007

The design is often brilliant, although the film is nowhere near as tasteless or funny as it ought to be.

| Jun 24, 2006

The movie doesn't seem to have a purpose other than to fill space.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 26, 2006

An embarrassment for Brendan Fraser. Consider this surreal comedy attempt a career hurdle that Fraser has since cleared.

Full Review | Original Score: F | Oct 25, 2004

Don't waste your time with this monkey business.

| May 7, 2004

Monkeybone is kind of like a Tim Burton movie - except it wasn't directed by Tim Burton.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

There's a special place in my heart for movies that create new worlds for us to inhabit.

| Original Score: B | May 22, 2003

A largely frustrating 90-minute experience.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 18, 2003

Selick does his cast a major disservice.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 14, 2003

If you're interested in craziness, loony looking critters and other people's nightmares, there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes.

| Oct 21, 2002