Funky Monkey (2004)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Harry Basil

Writers (WGA):

Lance Kinsey (story) and
Peter Nelson (story) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

He's one high tech super chimp.

Plot:

Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.

Cast

Matthew Modine	...	Alec McCall
Roma Downey	...	Megan
Seth Adkins	...	Michael
Alexandre Aubry	...	Clemens Impersonator
Jean-Luc Orofino	...	Clemens Action Impersonator
Pat Finn	...	Peters
Taylor Negron	...	Flick
Liliana Komorowska	...	Nun Cathrine
Kaleigh Krish	...	Christina
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Dr. Spleen
Jochen Nickel	...	Doctor
Fred Ward	...	Don Decker
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Crane
Luke Stratte-McClure	...	Brad
Justine Basil	...	Laura

Also Known As:

Hairy Tale (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some action violence, language and crude humor.

Runtime:

Argentina:94 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA

Company:

ApolloMedia

Trivia:

The movie was originally shot in France. But when the studio did not like the results, they decided to re-shoot almost the entire movie in San Diego, California. Only a handful of minutes of the original movie shot in France made it to the final cut.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Clements the chimp sprays Michael with the hose, a human hand is visible at the bottom of the screen steadying the sprayer.

Check your remotes batteries before watching this one.

This is the story of two guys who found a copy of 'Funky Monkey.' Finding this seemed odd at the time figuring that there are still posters for the movie at the local Cineplex Odeon. After seeing such classics as 'Every Which Way But Loose' and 'Project X,' these two guys figured movies with monkeys are awesome.

These guys were in for a long ride as they watched this movie. There was some monkey that was replaced by a Stunt MAN when action sequences were required. It was apparent that the monkey wasn't trained in the school of Shakespearean acting. Perhaps replacing the monkey with Ben Affleck might have helped the guys thought.

Maybe a strong sidekick would help like a Jackie Chan or heck maybe even Hulk Hogan. Luckily this movie had amazing martial artist and Jet Li look-a-like Matthew Modine. While some might argue that Matthew Modine doesn't come close to Jet Li, camera tricks prove that he is every bit as good. When it becomes obvious that an untrained chimp can't handle the movie, the movie leans on Matthew Modine to be the real star.

Did I mention that there is some dorky kid that develops a bond with Modine and the monkey? Is there a possibility that the kid learns confidence and even picks up a girl in this movie? Even Matthew Modine should get jealous with this one (because using the pick-up line 'I'm second fiddle to a monkey' doesn't seem to work with the ladies.)

Shortly after watching this movie the two guys got a phone call from Matthew Modine telling them 'Seven days.'