Disastrous test screenings led Fox to recut the hell out of this thing and a regime change over at Fox that inherited this mess unceremoniously dumped it after numerous delays. Originally set up with Ben Stiller in the lead and Selick years later recognizing that would have been better, Fraser is just here to do his idiot shtick that made him money in films like George of the Jungle. The film sits very uncomfortably with anything that is live action and not involving a major effect. There is no attention to plot, drama, pacing or tone. We do get some breathtaking visuals, which is where Selick is clearly most comfortable with. A screwball final act with a corpse running around and a group of surgeons running after his organs is just an embarrassment of bad writing and Selick not in any sort of control of this film. In fact most of this film is bonkers and while some scenes become so unhinged and occasionally inspired, most of the film works against itself. It's a shapeless mess of a film that isn't for kids and too stupid for everyone else. Lots of effort went into the art direction and costume design and makeup and the money spent is up there on the screen, but there was an actual movie that needed to be filmed and the filmmakers seemed resentful having to film humans.

This is a very displeasing film from Brendan Fresher's hit or miss film bag. While the idea original, and the voice work from John Turturro as Monkey bone is top notch, this film just feels too dark for kids and too random for anyone else. There's just no effort to make the plot watchable. Everything just breezes through, with loads of unfunny, random scenes, with one dimensional characters. The animation is unbearable and the world of the coma is ugly and dark. Brendan Frasher gives an OK performance and the jokes are just not there. Mostly this is just a forgettable film that came out in a February. he character development is horrible and we just don't find any reason to enjoy the story or to want Brendan's character to come out of a coma. D-

Their are many reasons for a movie to be in the running for worst film ever made. Movies like "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and "The Beast From Yucca Flats" are often mentioned because of their overall low quality. Once I sat down and watch them however, I either saw them as unintentionally funny, surprisingly earnest or otherwise undeserving of such an abysmal reputation. Monkeybone on the other-hand remains one of only a handful of movies that has left me simultaneously awestruck and angry; stupefied and seething. A cringe and groan inducing mess that is certainly my official pick for worst movie ever made.Brendan Fraser stars as a successful cartoonist who falls into a coma after an accident, the details of which are too stupid to mention, and ends up in a parallel universe inside his mind where he meets his creation Monkeybone (voiced by John Turturro). Monkeybone, a lascivious little monkey with a penchant for chaos takes over his body and wreaks havoc on his relationship with his girlfriend/psychiatrist. Fraser (still in his own head we think), makes a plea to Death, played by Whoopi Goldberg and is loaned a body to win back his girl before Monkeybone gets his dirty ape hands on her.Co-stars Bridget Fonda, Megan Mullally, Dave Foley, Rose McGowan and Chris Kattan round-up an unremarkable list of "talent" that were hired to stand behind stop-motion models and in front of rejected Beetlejuice sets. The dark atmosphere of the movie struggles to integrate its scatological humor, most of which is provided by an obnoxious cartoon monkey. Its obvious the film was edited into oblivion in post-production which would account for the lion's share of the plot holes but my question is to what end? Sure it made the movie shorter (thank god!) but the plot still took two acts to actually get moving. Once it did it sprightly rushed into the last 15 minutes like a morbid Tom and Jerry cartoon.What was the prime demographic for this movie? I think the David Lynch crowd is a bit beyond poop jokes at this point and its far too dark for children. Arguably the saddest thing about this film however is the lost potential in director Henry Selick, whose previous work includes "Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant Peach." While Selick has since redeemed himself with 2009's "Coraline," "Monkeybone" presents the director at his nadir.Monkeybone truly bats and misses on all points. Its An ugly looking hatchback with no engine, a busy yet boring quagmire. At its very best its a slap-dashed movie that is literally all dressed up with no where to go. It showcases bad direction, bad acting, bad editing, bad cinematography, bad script, bad story. I honestly would be ashamed to be this film's boom mic operator (which is visible in one scene). The failure of this film is actually quite spectacular when you think about it. Watch it if you're masochistic, otherwise stay far away from Monkeybone!http://theyservepopcorninhell.blogspot.com/

I'm a 61-year-old movie buff. I've seen countless thousands of films and this is without a doubt the worst film I've ever seen. While Ed Wood's movies have been so described, they are actually naively inept but charmingly klutzy and quite entertaining. That's why they're still popular after 50 years. "Monkeybone", on the other hand, has a huge crew of talented actors, director and other contributors, some of them Oscar winners and multiple nominees, who've produced many classic films. It obviously also had a large production budget. Yet all of these talented people have combined to create a film that is incoherent, repulsive and painful to watch. So bad it's unbelievable. Awesomely bad. It would be torture to see it again. Perhaps "Monkeybone" explains the retirement of the beautiful and talented Bridget Fonda. Who could blame her?