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	MONKEYBONE
		The trailers for Monkeybone trumpet that it was made by the creators of The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is making a lot of people think ultra-cool director Tim Burton has something to do with the film.
		Monkeybone's opening credits show an artist creating a cartoon that he hopes will become an integral part of a surprise marriage proposal.
		Monkeybone is based on Kaja Blackley's comic book called "Dark Town," which was adapted by Sam Hamm, who has worked on several of Burton's films (including the upcoming Planet of the Apes remake).
	www.sick-boy.com /monkeybone.htm (500 words)

	MONKEYBONE \| Anne Dudley @ Cinemusic Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MONKEYBONE was crucified by critics, and audiences stayed home, putting some things in perspective: despite laboring long and hard hours, a film can still fail and stink.
		MONKEYBONE's failure is all the more disappointing when you consider Anne Dudley's robust score which showcases the results of much hard work and fuss.
		MONKEYBONE is the kind of score that throws everything at you - there's the traditional bright orchestra, electronics, chorus, and several wonky musical effects.
	www.cinemusic.net /reviews/2001/monkeybone.html (411 words)

	Monkeybone
		At first he thinks Monkeybone is helping him steal an "Exit" pass so he can return to Earth, but when they do indeed get the pass, his monkey uses it for himself - taking over Stu's body on Earth, and causing mass amounts of havoc in the process.
		Monkeybone himself is never really all that interesting, either.
		Next is the "Monkeybone Gallery", a collection of drawings divided into 5 main sections which are further divided into multiple sub-sections.
	www.dvdcorner.net /html/monkeybone.html (823 words)

	SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: MONKEYBONE
		Monkeybone mentions something that his next impersonation (of a Marilyn Monroe type character) is going to "spike" something and then makes his monkey tail go straight out like an erection.
		After Monkeybone has returned to the world of the living inside Stu's human body, he looks down at his crotch in a hospital bed, and then smiles and clasps his hands together in joy (apparently seeing that he now has genitals).
		As Stu (with Monkeybone inside him) tries to figure out whether to respond to the amorous flirting and kisses blown his way by a caged orangutan, he says that he shouldn't since that would put him in a lot of hot water.
	www.screenit.com /movies/2001/monkeybone.html (3193 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Entertainment Guide
		Unfortunately, the part of Stu that surfaces from the chemical jolt is Monkeybone and, believe me, this ain't his better half.
		The real star of the movie is not Brendan Fraser or even the orange puppet who plays his character's evil twin, but the filmmaking technology that made their coexistence possible.
		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.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/entertainment/movies/reviews/monkeyboneosullivan.htm (590 words)

	Movie (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Monkeybone, adapted by Sam Hamm (Batman) and directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), still has the sticky fingerprints of a dark psyche on it, even though these Tim Burton collaborators have managed to create a perky film about night terrors.
		Monkeybone continues to be promising when a freak accident puts Stu in a coma, and his mind descends into a netherworld fueled by nightmares, a freak-show purgatory where he must literally cheat death to get an exit pass.
		Monkeybone is chock-full of interesting subtexts, all of which are briefly displayed and quickly abandoned.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/review.asp?id=45496 (409 words)

	Monkeybone, Brendan Fraser
		Monkeybone, live action combined with the entire gamut of SPFX techniques, is a comedy-fantasy feature that is as wild and crazy as one might expect from Selick's previous track record.
		Monkeybone is the eponymous cartoon character created by the protagonist, comic book artist Stu Miley (handsome, expressive Brendan Fraser), to release his frustrations.
		Monkeybone has an agenda of his own and seizes control of Stu's body in ordinary reality in order to be free and independent of his creator, causing all sorts of havoc while Stu must confront the most powerful entities of the otherworld to try to get his body back.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Mar01/monkeybone.htm (594 words)

	Monkeybone: Special Edition (2001)
		Monkeybone represents Stu’s id, and Stu maintains a somewhat antagonistic relationship with his creation; the cartoon saved his life, but it also made things more complicated.
		Professionally, “Monkeybone” is taking off rapidly, and Stu has to deal with his pushy manager Herb (Dave Foley) and a variety of spin-off and merchandising ideas.
		This is where we meet a version of Monkeybone who comes to life and appears to attempt to aid Stu on his quest to get back to the real world.
	www.dvdmg.com /monkeybone.shtml (3339 words)

	Amazon.ca: Monkeybone (Widescreen): DVD: Henry Selick,Brendan Fraser,Bridget Fonda,Rose McGowan,Whoopi Goldberg,Chris ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Monkeybone is a hot character that brings a huge demand for cartoons, toys, and just about any other kind of merchandising you can think of.
		Monkeybone turns on Stu and steals his pass into the real world, and so with a deal from Death (Whoopi Goldberg) Stu must get back to his life and stop Monkeybone from ruining his life.
		Monkeybone is without doubt one of the most underrated and badly-marketed films of recent years.
	www.amazon.ca /Monkeybone-Widescreen-Henry-Selick/dp/B00003CXIS (2729 words)

	misreviews - Monkeybone
		Monkeybone takes us through a rollercoaster of nightmare imagery, but someday when a friend spots the DVD on your shelf, you won't have to embarrassedly mumble, "Yeah, it sucked, but I thought the special effects were really cool and...
		In Monkeybone, Brendan Fraser plays a quiet, sweet, humble man with a heart of gold and a soul of pure purity, who is on the verge of becoming a huge success through his TV show about a farting monkey who came out of his erection.
		I wonder if the sloppy, poorly animated style of the Monkeybone cartoons shown in the movie was a social commentary on the state of television animation today, or if they just hired somebody really cheap to do it.
	www.misinformer.com /movies/monkeybone (757 words)

	USATODAY.com - Fractured fantasy of 'Monkeybone' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Monkeybone is the stuff that nightmares are made of, a surreal descent into the lunacy of a theme-park limbo populated with the most bizarre sights since Dali melted a watch.
		At the center of the madness is the id unleashed — Monkeybone, a horny, hyper hump of felt the color of a rancid Chee-to.
		Monkeybone takes on a life of his own in the underground zone, and the libidinous scamp escapes and claims Stu's body in the outside world.
	www.usatoday.com /life/movies/2001-02-23-monkeybone.htm (585 words)

	LA BUTACA - Monkeybone
		Monkeybone), Megan Mullally (Kimmy), Lisa Zane (Medusa), Sandra Thigpen (Alice).
		Pero Monkeybone ha tramado su propio plan que muy bien podría echar por tierra las intenciones de Stu.
		"Monkeybone" es un gran esfuerzo por romper el molde de la película hollywoodense infantil, y aunque su desarrollo es torpe, es innegable que contiene secuencias realmente brillantes.
	www.labutaca.net /films/3/monkeybone.htm (406 words)

	MONKEYBONE - SPECIAL EDITION DVD
		His creation, the titular "Monkeybone" (voiced by John Turturro), is a dangerously sexualized simian that, we learn, is born from the shame of a pre-adolescent's erection and a disturbed man's sublimated aggression.
		That piquant touch of psychoanalytical value is vital to Monkeybone, you see, because lacking it, the film also lacks any kind of intelligence, dooming it to the turbid morasses of unfunny gags and overblown performances.
		It continues with a huge amount of sketches ("Monkeybone Gallery") of Downtown and its residents coupled with photos of latex masks that were used in the action for each individual character.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/monkeybone.htm (1227 words)

	Filmtracks: Monkeybone (Anne Dudley)
		Monkeybone: (Anne Dudley) From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach comes yet another claymation fantasy film of lovable weirdness.
		For Monkeybone, the rotation of composers for this budding genre of film stopped with Anne Dudley, who has proven herself to be one of the most versatile composers of the past decade.
		The most interesting aspect of Monkeybone were the few moments during which Dudley addressed the cheezy, but equally viable moments of romance and awe in the film.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/monkeybone.html (870 words)

	Monkeybone
		But Monkeybone as a slightly toilet humor movie veering dangerously towards intellectual-lite is a very fun movie.
		When Monkeybone trades places with the real Stu to wreck havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to get back to the real world, reclaim his body and his life, and marry Julie.
		Monkeybone could have been Tim Burtonian, it could have been grand, it could have been dark and Clive Barkerian good.
	www.mrsgiggles.com /movies/monkeybone.html (430 words)

	DVD Review - Monkeybone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As "Monkeybone" will most likely end up being the biggest financial bomb of 2001, must people have been using the word "nightmare" to describe the film and "coma" to account for the mental state of the executive who greenlit this project.
		Allow me to defend "Monkeybone" by saying that it’s not the stinker that some have made it out to be.
		From the orange of Monkeybone to the blue of Stu’s jacket in the finale, the colors are rich and true.
	www.dvdreview.com /reviews/pages/1624.shtml (1614 words)

	Movie Review - Monkeybone - www.ericdsnider.com - The Official Website of Eric D. Snider
		Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser) is a cartoonist whose strip, "Monkeybone," is about to be turned into a TV show.
		Monkeybone (voice of John Turturro) is Stu's repressed Id, in the form of a cartoon monkey.
		Stu would just as soon keep Monkeybone repressed, but instead the two of them must work together to steal an "exit pass" and get back to the land of the living.
	www.ericdsnider.com /movies/monkeybone (523 words)

	Monkeybone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monkeybone is a 2001 live action/animated film based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town.
		This is where Monkeybone (voiced by John Turturro) comes to life and stirs up trouble for Stu.
		However, Monkeybone and Hypnos have their own agenda with Stu's body when it comes to making nightmares.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monkeybone (373 words)

	Monkeybone DVD at Video Universe
		MONKEYBONE, directed by Henry Selick (JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS), is a fantasy adventure that combines live action, stop motion, claymation miniatures, puppets, and computer imaging.
		Monkeybone is a cartoon character created by a successful comic book illustrator named Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser).
		MONKEYBONE is the furthest into the live-action realm that director Henry Selick has ever delved.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/1880292/a/Monkeybone.htm (481 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Monkeybone
		While in a coma Stu (Fraser) is transported to a strange world, called "Downtown", which is full of both characters he created in his dreams and other people who are in comas (for some reason).
		The mischievous (and more annoying than funny) Monkeybone tricks Stu into helping him steal his own body --the one that's in a coma in the real world.
		"Monkeybone" is the type of movie that I like to describe as "eye candy" -- the visual effects and scenery were interesting enough to keep me satisfied.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/monkeybone.html (472 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Monkeybone" review (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leaning heavily on its low-brow antics and animated effects, the story -- about a cartoonist in a coma who slips into a purgatory of creepy creations -- is sloppy, choppy, and so egregiously abbreviated that the actors don't even have time to give their characters personality or appeal.
		But inside his head he enters a Selick-styled netherworld where Whoopi Goldberg is Death (she sluggishly sleepwalks through the role) and the zany, mischievous Monkeybone (voiced by John Turturro) is alive and anxious to sabotage his creator.
		The story is rushed, the editing seemingly handled with a chainsaw and the characters are so vaguely drawn that when Monkeybone takes over Fraser's body, you don't really recognize his personality because, short of being obnoxious, animalistic and horny, he doesn't have one.
	www.splicedonline.com /01reviews/monkeybone.html (660 words)

	Monkeybone
		Adding insult to injury, his creation, Monkeybone, comes to life in the nightmare world and the malicious monkey escapes to take over Stu's body on earth and garner all the perks of the cartoonist's fame - including Julie.
		This is where "Monkeybone" falls flat, leaving the actors to mouth their lines while the possessed Stu revels in the havoc he causes amongst the living.
		In "Monkeybone," he, like the rest of the "human" cast, is left out in the cold, playing second banana to the terrific F/X, stop motion camera work and computer-generated animation.
	www.reelingreviews.com /monkeybone.htm (736 words)

	Amazon.de: Monkeybone: DVD: Brendan Fraser,Bridget Fonda,Kaja Blackley,Henry Selick,Whoopi Goldberg,Anne Dudley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Monkeybone darf all das tun, was sich Stu niemals trauen würde.
		Monkeybone ist die Schöpfung des Trickzeichners Stu und dessen Ventil für seine unterdrückte Sexualität.
		Sein Alter Ego Monkeybone stellt währenddessen in seinem Körper Unfug an.
	www.amazon.de /Monkeybone-Brendan-Fraser/dp/B0000647XN (768 words)

	Flipside Movie Emporium: Monkeybone Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Monkeybone has dark plans for his creator, and the citizens of Down Town are happy to help out.
		Stu is a big celebrity among them, you see (his nightmares are apparently quite entertaining) and they want to use his body to keep the bad mojo flowing.
		The filmmakers knew the type of movie they wanted to make, they just didn't have the first idea how to get there, and their puckish spirit is no match for such messy and directionless material.
	www.flipsidemovies.com /monkeybone.html (783 words)

	Monkeybone
		Monkeybone is like trying to watch TV while someone with Attention Deficit Disorder has control of the remote.
		Stu's on track to be unexpectedly successful, rich and happy - the Monkeybone comic strip and cartoon are exploding in popularity, he's being offered millions in franchising fees to take his work national, and he's found love in the charming and lovely Julie (Bridget Fonda).
		Monkeybone is a maddeningly bipolar film that never quite seems to be able to decide what tone to take.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/Monkeybone.htm (671 words)

	MONKEYBONE - SPECIAL EDITION DVD
		His creation, the titular "Monkeybone" (voiced by John Turturro), is a dangerously sexualized simian that, we learn, is born from the shame of a pre-adolescent's erection and a disturbed man's sublimated aggression.
		That piquant touch of psychoanalytical value is vital to Monkeybone, you see, because lacking it, the film also lacks any kind of intelligence, dooming it to the turbid morasses of unfunny gags and overblown performances.
		It continues with a huge amount of sketches ("Monkeybone Gallery") of Downtown and its residents coupled with photos of latex masks that were used in the action for each individual character.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/monkeybone.htm (1227 words)

	MovieJuice: Monkeybone
		With a name like "Monkeybone" you'd think this flick would be ripe for snide sexual allusions, and you'd be right - except for the fact that all those allusions are already neatly tucked into the script, much to the surprise of mommies and daddies who naively deposit their young ones at this PG-13 romp.
		Monkeybone's essential plot is right out of the first Batman movie, except for the "hilarious" addition of a comatose state, and I don't just mean the one the audience is in.
		I read one critic who wrote: "Monkeybone is occasionally brilliant, but the story is frustrating in its refusal to stick to any logical core." Oh for God's sake, no wonder people hate movie critics.
	www.moviejuice.com /2001/monkeybone (543 words)

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