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08/09/01
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The Monkey's Mask (2001)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:13
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.2/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 27, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Jill (Susie Porter) is a twentysomething private investigator called up by a pair of distraught parents to find their missing daughter. The trail of the missing girl, an amateur poet, leads lesbian... [More]
Starring: Kelly McGillis, Susie Porter, Marton Csokas, Abbie Cornish
Director: Samantha Lang
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Reviews for The Monkey's Mask
The film, with lurid and kinky elements familiar to those who remember Dario Argento or Radley Metzger, provides slumming without guilt.
08/27/01
No review available.
08/12/05
It might be dressed up differently, but Monkey's is still a good, old-fashioned murder mystery.
07/20/01
Top CriticSusie Porter delivers another smashing performance.
07/27/01
Boasts strong, highly watchable perfs.
09/28/01
Top CriticWary, conflicted, gutsy, and simpatico, [Lang'd] make a fine series character.
12/14/01
Top CriticIn Porter's capable hands, Jill Fitzpatrick's a feisty, vulnerable P.I. deserving of her own movie franchise.
07/26/01
Top CriticSamantha Lang displays considerable style and assurance, with Porter and McGillis giving beautifully nuanced portrayals.
09/07/01
Top CriticLang achieves an even spread of sexuality and thrills.
06/28/01
Porter brings such buried heartache and old-school moxie to her role that I wish she had her own detective-movie franchise.
08/10/01
Despite a lack of stamina storywise, The Monkey's Mask, director Samantha Lang's risky film noir, weaves a strange spell.
08/10/01
...a brilliantly modern homage to everything that was great about the golden era of gritty gumshoe flicks.
08/24/01
Samantha Lang's flat, paceless direction and Annie Kennedy's painfully expository script ... makes the conceit seem preposterous.
07/27/01
Top CriticLooks slick on the surface, but underneath is a plot so tangled, frayed and silly it's about as suspenseful as the Keystone Cops.
08/24/01
Poetry, lesbian sex and murder might be a killer combination if a deadly pace weren't included in the mix.
08/24/01
Top CriticEmphasizes sex at the expense of mystery.
12/06/01
Top CriticCarries the leaden whiff of the ghosts of thrillers past.
09/27/01
You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This: If you hate poetry. It will make your prejudice seem justified.
09/06/01
The film seems dimly aware of its own ridiculousness, but it lacks the constitution for self-mockery.
07/24/01
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