Monkey Business Reviews

1952

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Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers star in this classic - comedy about a alchemist who discovers the secret of eternal youth. For years, Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Grant) has been working on a youth-restoring serum with little success - until the day a chimpanzee gets loose in the lab and accidentally concocts the exact .. Read more

Starring	Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn
Director	Howard Hawks
Genres	Comedy

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Remarkably laboured comedy by and with top people; it can't fail to have funny moments, but they are few and far between.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Cary Grant as you've never seen him before...

If you've seen Arsenic and Old Lace (and if not, why not?), you'll know Cary Grant had a great flair for knockabout, OTT comedy. This is him cutting loose again in the tale of a professor that discovers a rejuvenating serum. Utter nonsense, but put your brain in neutral and just revel in the joy of it all. And don't be fooled by this movie's inclusion in the Marilyn Monroe collection - she only has a supporting role at best. Fun, silly and unashamedly escapist!
- - Munchkin061271 from Grays
  - Posted 08 Oct 2004 09:36
Comedy treat

Another great performance from Cary who really carried the film. The supporting cast are great, though Marilyn is juts plain annoying! Cary gets to really show of his comedic skills and makes the film worth viewing as the straight laced chemist who is undone after accidentally inbibing an experiment.
- - ROT from London England
  - Posted 26 Apr 2005 19:58
Monkey with Marilyn

Another Howard Hawks comedy classic. This time Ginger Rogers team up with the ever dependable Cary Grant. There's even the the added attraction of Marilyn Monroe! The script is great and the monkey business comes from a mischevious chimp who doctors the water cooler at a research lab. This causes everybody who drinks the water to regains their youthful vigour with hilarious results.
- - A customer from Sutton Surrey
  - Posted 11 Aug 2005 19:47
Most recent members' reviews (2) of Monkey Business
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Comedy treat

Another great performance from Cary who really carried the film. The supporting cast are great, though Marilyn is juts plain annoying! Cary gets to really show of his comedic skills and makes the film worth viewing as the straight laced chemist who is undone after accidentally inbibing an experiment.
- - ROT from London England
  - Posted 26 Apr 2005 19:58
Monkey with Marilyn

Another Howard Hawks comedy classic. This time Ginger Rogers team up with the ever dependable Cary Grant. There's even the the added attraction of Marilyn Monroe! The script is great and the monkey business comes from a mischevious chimp who doctors the water cooler at a research lab. This causes everybody who drinks the water to regains their youthful vigour with hilarious results.
- - A customer from Sutton Surrey
  - Posted 11 Aug 2005 19:47

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Cary Grant as you've never seen him before...

If you've seen Arsenic and Old Lace (and if not, why not?), you'll know Cary Grant had a great flair for knockabout, OTT comedy. This is him cutting loose again in the tale of a professor that discovers a rejuvenating serum. Utter nonsense, but put your brain in neutral and just revel in the joy of it all. And don't be fooled by this movie's inclusion in the Marilyn Monroe collection - she only has a supporting role at best. Fun, silly and unashamedly escapist!
- - Munchkin061271 from Grays
  - Posted 08 Oct 2004 09:36
Comedy treat

Another great performance from Cary who really carried the film. The supporting cast are great, though Marilyn is juts plain annoying! Cary gets to really show of his comedic skills and makes the film worth viewing as the straight laced chemist who is undone after accidentally inbibing an experiment.
- - ROT from London England
  - Posted 26 Apr 2005 19:58
Monkey with Marilyn

Another Howard Hawks comedy classic. This time Ginger Rogers team up with the ever dependable Cary Grant. There's even the the added attraction of Marilyn Monroe! The script is great and the monkey business comes from a mischevious chimp who doctors the water cooler at a research lab. This causes everybody who drinks the water to regains their youthful vigour with hilarious results.
- - A customer from Sutton Surrey
  - Posted 11 Aug 2005 19:47
Monkey Business

Not Cary Grant's funniest but certainly worth watching with some really funny scenes - particularly when the characters regress to childhood. It pains me to say it but the main monkey is more amusing than the supporting cast!
- - A customer from Central Scotland
  - Posted 17 Jul 2008 14:52
good

cary grants comedy is the best
- - A customer from Fareham
  - Posted 24 Nov 2008 12:07
Monkey Business

I adore Cary Grant but this was one of the most dreary comedys ever made.....the monkey was good though! I could have watched more of him.

In the end, I fast-forwarded and watched it at double speed. The part where Ginger and Cary act like children is excruciating!
- - Whiterabbit from Chipping Norton
  - Posted 25 Mar 2009 09:36

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Critics' reviews
Remarkably laboured comedy by and with top people; it can't fail to have funny moments, but they are few and far between.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006