Film No. 39. 4th film shown Thurs 1st Feb
Mark Kermode said "Despite several Goya Awards this extraordinary adaptation of Christopher Franks book wasrongly trashed by critics in Britain and America. A spine tinglingly twisted take on Peter Pan, this intense psychological thriller boasts a career best performance by Jeff Goldblum. The climactic Paris morgue scene is heartstopping."
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Spanish director, international cast, set in Paris... maybe destined to be a hotch-potch of a movie? I did enjoy the themes of reality/fantasy, and lost childhood/damaged adulthood. Repeated images of Goldblum cradling adults as well as children. His mad monkey finally hunts down and finds his 'dream' girl floating in a vat(returning to the innocence of the womb?)
For my money, Goldblum's best is The Fly.
please note that the following is Jane's review of THE MAD MONKEY:
thought it very disjointed, poorly acted and the best scene (in the morgue) lacked any suspense. There was no build up to finding the body and I really couldn't care. Certainly felt this was very much one person's choice and not a classic to share with others. If you haven't seen it dont bother! Go and cut your toenails or clean the loo instead.
A mess. Badly filmed. Badly acted. A plot that didn't make sense. Allegedly a film about a scriptwriter driven mad by his obsessions - his "art" and an adolescent femme fatale - pushed into a world of murder and incest. In reality about as dark as an episode of "Button Moon". Can't imagine Lisa Walker's dull, sulky Lolita would tempt anyone to hold a door open - never mind a motorcycle chase across Paris. Goldblum looks manic. Paris looks damp and dismal.
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