Monkeybone

"If it yells, if it swings, it's got to be Monkeybone!"

Feb 23 2001 PG-13 1h 33m
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!

Plot

In a coma, Stu Miley a cartoonist who created a comic strip called Monkeybone which features a rascal monkey. He finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone. Naturally, Monkeybone himself is there, and he and Stu quickly start fighting like cats and dogs. When Stu realizes that his sister, due to a pact they once made, is preparing to pull the plug on him, Stu makes a deal with Hypnos, the god of sleep, to help him steal a golden ticket from Death himself. But when Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!

Written by

Kaja Blackley, Sam Hamm

Directed by

Henry Selick

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Twitching Image Studio, 1492 Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
19,604
Average Rating
4.8 out of 10
Metascore
40
Popularity
NA