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Monkey Business

1952 · 97 min

A giddy, fast-talking romp where grown-ups act like kids and the laughs keep coming.

Tagline
It's some fun!
Overview
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • work
  • identity
  • family
  • science
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour9
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, science fiction
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Written by
I. A. L. Diamond, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Howard Hawks
Starring
Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe, Henri Letondal, Robert Cornthwaite, Larry Keating
Music
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Cinematography
Milton Krasner
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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