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Monkey Shines
Directed by
George A. Romero
R
1988
1h 53m
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6.2
53%
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A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
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Cast of Monkey Shines
Jason Beghe
Allan Mann
John Pankow
Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil
Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten
Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest
Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root
Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci
Dr. John Wiseman
Tom Quinn
Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner
Linda Aikman
William Newman
Doc Williams
Tudi Wiggins
Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman
Party Guest
David Early
Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Brad Long
BAMF in Red Jacket
Robert Hendren
Orderly
Debra Gordon
E.R. Nurse
Kate English
Scrub Nurse
Rik Billock
Garbage Man
Christina Galesi
Nurse
Leslie Dane Shapiro
Nurse
Alice Shure
Nurse
Melanie Verlin
Vandal
Anthony DiLeo Jr.
Vandal
Lia Savini
Child Playing
Mitchell Baseman
Child Playing
Tina Romero
Child Playing
Michael Naft
Young Allan
Chuck Baker
Ambulance Driver
Frank Welker
Special Animal Voices (voice)
Monkey Shines Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Somewhere within this movie's two hours or so is hidden an absolutely spellbinding 90-minute thriller.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
One of George Romero's most effective and interesting horror thrillers.
New York Times
Caryn James
A film that begins in sentimentality and ends in ludicrous melodrama.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A frightening and very effective psychological thriller.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
It's not illogicality that dooms Romero's thriller but rather torpid pacing and a distinct lack of scares.
Variety
Variety Staff
A befuddled story about a man constrained from the neck down told by a director confused from the neck up.
Washington Post
Richard Harrington
There was a time when Romero would have used these elements for pure shock effect, but the horrors in Monkey Shines are more internalized, which make them all the more scary.
Juicy Cerebellum
Alex Sandell
Romero without zombies = boring.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
George Romero should stick to zombies.
Kalamazoo Gazette
James Sanford
Nothing to go ape over, that's for sure.
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
Cheap but effective. Plus, evil monkeys are hilarious.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Shane Burridge
As a pint-sized flipside to King Kong, Ella has her place among movie monsters
ToxicUniverse.com
Jeremiah Kipp
[Lacks] the flash and style, or even bona fide scares, of [Romero's] earlier work.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
This is pretty hideous, standard horror fare, with a genetically-enhanced monkey caring for a quadrapelegic. This is about as bad as horror gets.
TV Guide
Terrifying psychological horror.
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