Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952 · 97 min · EN · 6.7 (223 votes)
Dir. Howard Hawks · Starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe, Henri Letondal · Music Leigh Harline

It's some fun!

Comedy

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.

VIBE

A delightful descent into childish chaos. This film feels like a fizzy cocktail of pure silliness, where grown-ups shed their inhibitions and embrace pure, unadulterated fun. Expect playful antics and a lighthearted romp through unexpected transformations.

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