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Monkey Shines (1988) | User Rating
(9 votes) | Critic Rating
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Release Date
Jul 29, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 19, 1999
Budget USD 7,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes
Country USA
Studio Orion
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Monkey Shines
• Ella (1988)
• Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear
• Der Affe im Menschen (1988)
• Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Terror
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Animals, Serial Killer, Murder, Suspense, Investigation, Revenge
Tagline: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil...
Plot: Allan Mann’s (Jason Beghe) life is falling apart. It starts when he goes for an early morning jog, only to be hit by a truck and wake up as a paraplegic. While he’s learning to cope with his disability, his girlfriend (Janine Turner) leaves him for his surgeon. Allan becomes even more distraught when he assesses his life, which consists of an overly nurturing mother, an amphetamine-crazed best friend (John Pankow), and a permanent view from a wheelchair. However, things take a turn for the better for Allan when Ella enters his life. She is a capuchin monkey who has been trained to be his hands and help him to adapt to the new limits imposed on his body. Everything seems to be taking a turn for the better until Allan begins having violent dreams from Ella’s point of view in which she is doing harm to those close to him. He then begins to fear that she might not be just an everyday helper monkey but also homicidally possessive to boot.Michael Stewart’s 1983 novel vividly comes to life in the able hands of veteran horror helmer George A. Romero. Though the human cast serves the material well, primate aficionados will revel in the bravura performance by Boo, who, as Ella, is undeniably
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 One of Romer's more underrated films. Innovative and interesting plot, but a little slow. Rent this if you're looking for something, but don't expect much action or scares. 6/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
An interesting idea and pretty engaging performance by the monkey just can't save this boring, unscary film. Romero yet again has a good concept but can't pull it off.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
The film is O.K., but it's so slow and tepid, it feels like a TV movie. Unfortunately, Romero has always insisted on writing his own films. He's a great director, but not a great writer.-- (eSplatter.com)
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| Cast |
Stephen Root
Finding Nemo, Office Space, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
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 | Patricia Tallman
Army of Darkness, Babylon 5: The Gathering, Night of the Living Dead |
 | Jason Beghe
Thelma & Louise, G.I. Jane, Jimmy Hollywood | John Pankow
Life as a House, The Secret of My Succe$s, *batteries not included | Kate McNeil
Sudden Death, The Caveman's Valentine, The House on Sorority Row | |
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| Music By |
David Shire
All the President's Men, The Conversation, 2010 |
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