doug_hile Kinda like Beetlejuice meets Monte Python. Rose McGowan and Bridgette Fonda are terrific,,, Frazer is _____ ... Story line is a bit confusing, but, maybe that's just me. Gonna be hard to come up with six more lines of text,, but give me a sec and I will try to get some more thoughts together. Wow,, this is really harder than I thought. Never heard about it or saw it in the theater, or even advertised, so, maybe it was made to go straight to video. I'm sure a lot of effort and money went into it, but for me it just misses the mark. Ahh -- there --- ten lines. How'z Zat? Holy cow,,, STILL not enough lines. Well,, let's go back to Rose McGowan. She is super hot, and way overdue for a big blockbuster. Loved Planet Terror; cried when she lost her leg, but the prosthesis was more than adequate. Love to see her in another Tarentino film, along with Zoe Bell who is another favorite. That should do it -- everybody happy now? Good!!!

popcorninhell Their are many reasons for a movie to be in the running for worst film ever made. Movies like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "The Beast From Yucca Flats" are often mentioned because of their overall low quality. Once I sat down and watch them however, I either saw them as unintentionally funny, surprisingly earnest or otherwise undeserving of such an abysmal reputation. Monkeybone on the other-hand remains one of only a handful of movies that has left me simultaneously awestruck and angry; stupefied and seething. A cringe and groan inducing mess that is certainly my official pick for worst movie ever made.Brendan Fraser stars as a successful cartoonist who falls into a coma after an accident, the details of which are too stupid to mention, and ends up in a parallel universe inside his mind where he meets his creation Monkeybone (voiced by John Turturro). Monkeybone, a lascivious little monkey with a penchant for chaos takes over his body and wreaks havoc on his relationship with his girlfriend/psychiatrist. Fraser (still in his own head we think), makes a plea to Death, played by Whoopi Goldberg and is loaned a body to win back his girl before Monkeybone gets his dirty ape hands on her.Co-stars Bridget Fonda, Megan Mullally, Dave Foley, Rose McGowan and Chris Kattan round-up an unremarkable list of "talent" that were hired to stand behind stop-motion models and in front of rejected Beetlejuice sets. The dark atmosphere of the movie struggles to integrate its scatological humor, most of which is provided by an obnoxious cartoon monkey. Its obvious the film was edited into oblivion in post-production which would account for the lion's share of the plot holes but my question is to what end? Sure it made the movie shorter (thank god!) but the plot still took two acts to actually get moving. Once it did it sprightly rushed into the last 15 minutes like a morbid Tom and Jerry cartoon.What was the prime demographic for this movie? I think the David Lynch crowd is a bit beyond poop jokes at this point and its far too dark for children. Arguably the saddest thing about this film however is the lost potential in director Henry Selick, whose previous work includes "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach." While Selick has since redeemed himself with 2009's "Coraline," "Monkeybone" presents the director at his nadir.Monkeybone truly bats and misses on all points. Its An ugly looking hatchback with no engine, a busy yet boring quagmire. At its very best its a slap-dashed movie that is literally all dressed up with no where to go. It showcases bad direction, bad acting, bad editing, bad cinematography, bad script, bad story. I honestly would be ashamed to be this film's boom mic operator (which is visible in one scene). The failure of this film is actually quite spectacular when you think about it. Watch it if you're masochistic, otherwise stay far away from Monkeybone!http://theyservepopcorninhell.blogspot.com/

Jerry Breen I'm a 61-year-old movie buff. I've seen countless thousands of films and this is without a doubt the worst film I've ever seen. While Ed Wood's movies have been so described, they are actually naively inept but charmingly klutzy and quite entertaining. That's why they're still popular after 50 years. "Monkeybone", on the other hand, has a huge crew of talented actors, director and other contributors, some of them Oscar winners and multiple nominees, who've produced many classic films. It obviously also had a large production budget. Yet all of these talented people have combined to create a film that is incoherent, repulsive and painful to watch. So bad it's unbelievable. Awesomely bad. It would be torture to see it again. Perhaps "Monkeybone" explains the retirement of the beautiful and talented Bridget Fonda. Who could blame her?

bob the moo Stu Miley is an aspiring cartoonist who's creation "Monkeybone" has just been picked up by Comedy Central for 6 episodes. He isn't ready for the commercialisation of his character though and slips away from the screening of his pilot with his girlfriend. Ironically, a car load of merchandise sees him have a car accident that lands him into a coma. While his girlfriend sits by his bedside worrying, Stu is thrown into a nightmare world where only his own creation seems interested in helping get the exit pass necessary to escape. However when push comes to shove, it is Monkeybone that escapes back into the real world to put his evil plot into action.For the first thirty minutes or so of this film I was wondering why it didn't have better ratings on this site because I actually found it very enjoyable. The reason for this was the sheer imagination and weird creativity of the cartoon world was keeping me engaging. However once Monkeybone's betrayal has happened the action moves more and more into the real world. While doing this it does try to retain the same wacky sense of imagination but somehow, out of context, it doesn't work that well and instead of being funny it is rather silly. It doesn't help that at this point the film also starts to work on a plot of sorts and that again takes away more than it adds.The cast are very mixed despite being so starry. Fraser is best in his Stu role but struggles with his Monkeybone personae; he tries hard and gives it his all but again it is all a bit silly. Fonda has a thankless supporting role that sees her having to carry the plot. Turturro was a good choice of voice for Monkeybone but not enough is made of his character. The rest of the cast features mostly amusing turns from Kattan, Goldberg, Foley, Esposito and others, mostly benefiting from the minor comic turns they are asked to perform outside of the main plot.Overall then a very inconsistent film. In the coma it is imaginative and fascinating to watch but, outside of these scenes it relies on comedy and plot to get by and sadly has neither in sufficient quantity to make for a complete film.