he timing of the gags can put most Hollywood comedies, never mind TV sitcoms, to shame.
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02/09/06
Monkey Business (1952)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:19
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: An absent-minded professor stumbles across the "fountain of youth" when one of his lab chimps accidentally dumps a batch of chemicals into the water cooler. The resulting elixir revives youthful... [More]
Starring: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Director: Howard Hawks
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Reviews for Monkey Business
A goofy premise and slight script are transformed into something very funny by director Howard Hawks and a cast of screen legends.
02/03/09
The rather strained, juvenile high jinks do have their funny lines and situations, plus Monroe as an incompetent stenographer.
02/03/09
As soon as this gag is established and provokes the obvious guffaws, the subsequent changes rung upon it become just a little dull.
03/25/06
Grant is as wonderful as ever, pulling the film along when its plot drags or his co-stars ham it up too much.
04/22/02
No review available.
07/28/04
Monkey Business ranks with the best works of the American cinema.
02/03/09
Top Critic...eventually becomes just as silly and over-the-top as one might've anticipated.
04/10/07
Plenty of funny moments.
01/13/04
No review available.
06/26/05
Perhaps the greatest Hollywood director who ever lived, Howard Hawks knew instinctively how to use certain actors.
06/05/04
'Monkey Business' has its moments, but they may prove too few for the patience of many viewers.
05/11/02
Pretty funny star vehicle from Howard Hawks.
11/25/02
No review available.
10/07/05
Cute comedy with a nice early appearance by Marilyn Monroe.
11/04/04
O ponto alto é ver Grant se comportar como uma criança travessa – especialmente na cena em que ele entra em conflito com a também rejuvenescida Ginger Rogers.
07/25/03
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11/22/02
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10/10/02
No review available.
03/08/05
Combines a few lovable Hollywood icons, an admittedly goofball plot, some sweet-natured romance, and brilliant rapid-fire exchanges of breathless comedic dialogue.
07/25/02
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