as a cartoonist who finds himself trapped in a surreal dreamworld. Plot Overview
Loosely based on Kaja Blackley’s graphic novel Dark Town , the film stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, and Chris Kattan, delivering a fever-dream narrative that has since earned it a status as a misunderstood cult classic. The Plot: A Comatose Descent into Downtown monkeybone.2001
Critics were vicious. Roger Ebert gave it one star, calling it "a desperate, manic attempt to be edgy." The New York Times described it as "a party you want to leave after ten minutes." Most hated the tonal whiplash: one moment, a sweet love story; the next, a cartoon monkey grinding on a skeleton. as a cartoonist who finds himself trapped in
Monkeybone is not a good movie. It is a great bad movie. And twenty-four years later, it remains one of the most fascinating train wrecks in Hollywood history. For fans of the strange, the surreal, and the truly unique, searching for is the first step into a very weird, very wonderful rabbit hole. Roger Ebert gave it one star, calling it