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Monkey Trouble
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFranco Amurri
Written byFranco Amurri
Stu Drieger
Produced byMimi Polk
Heidi Rufus Isaacs
StarringThora Birch
Harvey Keitel
Christopher McDonald
Mimi Rogers
Alison Elliott
Adam LaVorgna
and Patrick Bingham as Dodger the monkey
CinematographyLuciano Tovoli
Edited byRay Lovejoy
Music byMark Mancina
Production
company
Effe Productions
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • March 18, 1994 (1994-03-18)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
Japan
LanguageEnglish
Box office$16,453,258[1]

Monkey Trouble is a 1994 comedy film directed by Franco Amurri and starring Thora Birch.

Plot

9-year-old Eva Gregory longs for a pet to call her own, but her divorced mother Amy does not think she is responsible enough, as her room is a mess, and she's completely unwilling to help out at all with her little half-brother Jack. Also her stepfather Tom, a police Lieutenant, is allergic to fur. She cannot keep the pet at her father Peter's house because he is a pilot and travels a lot.

One day, a Capuchin monkey runs away from his drunken master, gypsy thief Azro, who blames him for his domestic woes. He meets Eva in the park, and she names him Dodger. At home, she finds that keeping him a secret is trouble. She only allows her little Jack, who cannot speak yet, into her room with him.

As Eva spends certain weekends with her father, one of those weekends arrives. However Peter announces that he's in Canada and can't have her over. Eva takes advantage of this to have a personal weekend with Dodger, and hides this announcement from her mother and stepfather, and has her friend's mother drive her over to her father's. Once there, they realize that they have no food, but they manage to raise money at the nearby boardwalk with Dodger (who is secretly pickpocketing everybody). At a grocery store, Dodger steals food and hides it in Eva's backpack, but Eva catches him in the act and returns it. When she returns home, she discovers he has also stolen golden jewelry and wallets. So she spends the rest of the weekend teaching him not to steal.

Azro (who has been looking for him all this time) finds and kidnaps him at a pet shop where Eva had left him while she was at school. He discovers that he refuses to steal anymore. Meanwhile Tom (who has been dealing with reports on stolen jewelry) and Amy discover more stolen property in Eva's room. They confront her about it, and Eva tries to explains about her hidden monkey, but they refuse to believe her. Things get worse when Peter stops by and reveals that he had been in Canada all weekend, which reveals that Eva had lied about the weekend. Eva is so upset that no one will believe her, that she runs away, and is attacked by Azro, who is furious about teaching Dodger not to steal. Meanwhile Jack ends up saying his first word "Monkey" revealing to Amy, Peter and Tom that there really was a monkey and that Eva had been telling them the truth. They all go out, with Tom's fellow police officers look for her. Dodger saves her and Azro is arrested by Tom. Azro's son Mark tries taking him back but fails. He ends up living with Eva, after she shows her mother that she is responsible and her stepfather discovers that he is not allergic to the fur of monkeys.

Cast

Soundtrack

  1. "Sold for Me" – The Aintree Boys
  2. "Posie" – The Aintree Boys
  3. "Who Gets the Loot" – Quo
  4. "VB Rap" – Gee Boyz
  5. "Girls" – Gee Boyz
  6. "Monkey Shines" – Robert J. Walsh

Reception

The movie received mixed reviews from critics.[2][3][4]

Box office

The film performed poorly at the box office. It debuted at number 3 at the American box office,[5] dropping to seventh place the following week.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Monkey Trouble at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Monkey Trouble : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  3. ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : Monkey Shines in 'Trouble' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1994-03-18. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  4. ^ Maslin, Janet (1994-03-18). "Movie Review - Monkey Trouble - Review/Film; Harvey Keitel in a Family Movie. Really. - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  5. ^ "Weekend Box Office : And the Winner Is . . . 'Naked Gun 33 1/3' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1994-03-22. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  6. ^ "Oscar Winners Pick Up at the Box Office - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2000-07-05. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  7. ^ "Weekend Box Office : 'D2' Scores in Its Opening Weekend - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 2003-10-14. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
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