Monkeybone (2001)

Directed by

Henry Selick

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 374 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cartoonist falls into a coma and wakes up in a bizarre otherworld called Down Town. There he meets his own cartoon creation Monkeybone and must find a way back to the living world before an evil scheme traps him forever.

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What happens

Monkeybone is a 2001 American dark fantasy comedy film directed by Henry Selick, written by Sam Hamm, produced by Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe and executive produced by Chris Columbus, Selick and Hamm. Combining live action with mostly stop-motion animation and loosely based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, Whoopi Goldberg and John Turturro as the voice of the titular character. It tells the story of a cartoonist who falls into a coma, where he ends up in the otherworldly Down Town as he runs into his titular creation and tries to return to the living world while contending with an evil plot to supply Down Town with nightmares. Theatrically released on February 23, 2001, by 20th Century Fox, the film was a box-office bomb and received generally negative critical reviews for its characters and humor, although there was some praise for the visuals. Selick later admitted his unhappiness with the final product and has since vowed to never make another live-action film again. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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