Monkeybone a.k.a. “Monkeybone—No Limite da Imaginação”

MPAA Rating: PG-13

for crude humor and some nudity

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Primary Audience:

Teens

Genre:

Comedy

Length:

1 hr. 33 min.

Year of Release:

2001

USA Release:

February 23, 2001

Copyright, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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Featuring:	Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro, Chris Kattan, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, David Foley, Megan Mullally, Bob Odenkirk, Pat Kilbane, Lisa Zane, Whoopi Goldberg, Sandra Thigpen, Wayne Wilderson, Amy D. Higgins, Alan Gelfant, Kristin Norton, Chris Hogan, Lucy Butler, John Sylvain, Lou Romano, Leon Laderach, Scott Rogers, Cris Thomas-Palomino, Tony Panterra, Ted Rooney, Christopher Franciosa, Mary Stein, Fred Pierce, Harper Roisman, Kristopher Logan, Scott Workman, Shawnee Free Jones, Ilia Volok, Edgar Allan Poe IV, Claudette Mink, Jon Bruno, Owen Masterson, Jen Sung Outerbridge, Tracy Zahoryin, Sunshine Deia Tutt, Jo Haugen Gash, Lindsay Bryan, Brooke Boisse, Meron Abebe, Mie Kringelbach, Rex J. Reddick, Sybil Azur, Anne Fletcher, Diane Mizota, Etty Lau, LaTonya Holmes, Lesli Jean Matta, Dawn Soler, Miiko Watanbe, Frankie Pine, Anne King, Rachen Assapimonwait, Veena Bidasha, M. Anthony Jackson, Doug Jones, Arturo Gil, Jody St. Michael, Frit Fuller, Frat Fuller, Brian Steele, Leif Tilden, Tom Fisher, Joseph S. Griffo, Kim Timbers Patteri, Lisa M. Ebeyer, Wayne D. Doba, Mark Viniello, Nathan Stein, Ed Holmes, Erica Gudis, Melinda Milton, Caroline, Michael L. Hammond, Joe Ranft, Bruce Lanoil, Debi Durst, Philip Brotherton, Roger L. Jackson, Jym Dingler, Leslie Hedger, Toby Gleason, Allan Trautman, Mike Mitchell
Director:	Henry Selick
Producer:	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 1492 Pictures, Twitching Image Studio, Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Paula DuPré Pesman, Sam Hamm, Mark Radcliffe, Lata Ryan, Henry Selick
Distributor:	Twentieth Century Fox

A fantasy world in the mind of a psychologically troubled cartoonist, while he is deep in a coma. He is trapped in this outrageous land, somewhere between life and death, he must find a way to return to reality.

We do not recommend this movie.

Movie Critics

…Lots of sexual innuendo and puns, including references to masturbation and male and female genitalia…
—Kids-in-Mind

…“Monkeybone” is sly, irreverent, and occasionally downright nasty…
—James Berardinelli, Movie-Reviews

…this PG-13 film is definitely not for children. Numerous comic phrases deal with sexual innuendo and sexual slang…
—Preview Family Movie and TV Review

Comments from young people

This movie never made clear that heaven or hell even exist and yet dealt a lot with a odd sort of purgatory. People could bargain with death. Awful! The main character has an insatiable libido which is referenced several times. He also lives with a girlfriend. The Discovery Channel is “animal porn,” and there is, also, a lot of other sexual muck in this movie. Along with partial nudity (bare rear), cleavage, lots of gross humor and innuendo, and crude references.

Also violence including nails being driven into the head of a poor child, a head exploding, a doctor ripping a corpse’s organs out, and several other gross scenes. There is a significant amount of swearing. There is smoking and drinking. An awful film!
My Ratings: [Extremely Offensive / 2]
—K.E., age 13