Monkey Business (1952)
Directed by Howard Hawks · 97 min · Comedy, Science Fiction
31.5 TOPICAL score · #3,406 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Monkey Business (1952, directed by Howard Hawks) has a TOPICAL score of 31.5 - ranked 3,406 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 78% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.7/10 (309 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 31 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics78% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.7/10 (309 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 31 languages
- Still read5,913 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Cary Grant (actor #21), Ginger Rogers (actor #455), Charles Coburn (actor #911), Marilyn Monroe (actor #506)