Monkey Business

Year: 1952

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Hawks

Review

a reasonably funny howard hawks film. cary grant makes the picture, while everyone else is only so-so. it’s completely silly and unlikely humor, but if you let yourself go then it can be entertaining. i suppose one might be able to make an argument that freudian issues are explored or that there is an exploration of the dangers of playing god through science, but it would be a stretch. this film is primarily entertainment and diversion. in the first half of the film the comedy is fairly diverse – it ranges from sly, quick, smart humor to screwball gags. as the film unfolds it relies mostly on the screwball, silly stuff and suffers a bit as a result.