: Despite losing roughly $67 million against its $75 million budget, it is cited as a significant creative risk that influenced the creation of Adult Swim due to the controversy surrounding its adult-oriented commercials during family programming. Critical Analysis
Following the film's failure, Henry Selick did not direct another feature film for eight years until he returned with the highly successful Coraline (2009). Notable Cast Brendan Fraser as Stu Miley Bridget Fonda as Julie McElroy Whoopi Goldberg as Death Rose McGowan as Miss Kitty Chris Kattan as Organ Donor Stu monkeybone2001
The woman’s fedora tipped. “You’ll have to find how she went missing,” she said. “Fix the thing that kept her away.” : Despite losing roughly $67 million against its
The result is deeply uneven. The Dark Town sequences are visually inventive but tonally closer to The Nightmare Before Christmas meets Beetlejuice , while the real-world segments feel like a generic late-’90s studio comedy. Critics noted that the film could not decide whether it wanted to be a family film (it’s rated PG-13 for crude humor and disturbing images) or an adult-oriented dark comedy. “You’ll have to find how she went missing,” she said
: The voice of Monkeybone, an egomaniacal "rascal" representing Stu's id. Chris Kattan
: It was a significant commercial failure, earning back only a fraction of its high production budget. Cult Following
Released in 2001, "Monkeybone" was a film that defied categorization. The movie's narrative follows the story of Stu Bondek (played by Brendan Fraser), a struggling cartoonist who creates a popular comic strip character named "Monkeybone." As Stu's career takes off, he finds himself at odds with his newfound fame, leading to a series of surreal and fantastical events. The film's blend of dark humor, fantasy, and satire made it a unique offering in the early 2000s.