*By submitting your contribution, you agree to TCM's Terms of Use. TCM will use your personal information consistent with our Privacy Policy

• Very Racy for 1952

  • Dan
  • 1/19/13

  Great movie filled with fun from start to finish. Ginger and Cary have wonderful chemistry as middle-age couple who are still very much love one another even through the effects of the "formula". Two scenes absolutely must have pushed the censors to the limit for 1952. In one, Cary tells Ginger that he likes her evening dress, especially since it "sticks out". Ginger says, "Well, you ought to know." In the kitchen scene after Ginger and Cary decide not to go out and she is fixing him eggs, Ginger is portrayed as obviously not having anything on underneath her apron to the point that Cary has to tie another apron around her bottom after she sits on a cold chair in front of their male friend. I guess they got away with this from the censors because they were portrayed as being married. Great stuff, that still plays well today.

• "Barnaby, I'm your wife"

  • Jeff Boston
  • 9/14/12

  Wonderful writer Ben Hecht's last big hit, this funny film has a lot for the ears and the eyes. Mr. McDonald's two examples of great scenes are spot on. I also enjoyed the always good Grant rushing out as "Red Eagle," the afternoon he had with Monroe (cute, sexy, AND beautiful), and when he later asked her "did you come to play with me?" Except for the hotel scene (way too long), "Monkey Business" is a treat for the whole family.

• Monkey Business

  • Mobile
  • 5/15/11

  A much underrated and overlooked Cary Grant production which engages a wonderful cast of Charles Coburn, Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe tells a story full of great comic flair and timing.

• Great hysterical comedy

  • Jarrod McDonald
  • 12/25/09

  I truly laughed till my jaws hurt. If you describe this film to someone who hasn't seen it, it sounds pretty formulaic, but if you watch it, you will see how one absurd moments gets piled on top of the next, until all of a sudden, all heck breaks loose and it's a comic free-for-all. The writing of this story is very much in the vein of what the Marx brothers would do. Except here the story is anchored by a couple that is growing old (and growing young) together. Some of the best moments are when Ginger and Cary dance together and when Ginger thinks that Cary has become a baby. Charles Coburn is great as always, playing the meddling boss. Marilyn is also good, and this film was training for her skills as a comedienne. Too often she's relegated to the iconic status of sex symbol, but really she was someone who used her body and her voice primarily for laughs.

• Light Entertainment

  • Riccardo
  • 9/5/09

  Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers work well together in this Howard Hawkes comedy. This is not serious drama...or high comedy...but it's a fun filled romp though the complications that ensue, when the lab chip escapes, and inadvertently dices the lab water cooler with child inducing concoction. Grant and Rogers's performance as children is quite lively and, as vivacious a their personalities in real life. In fact, there were romantically associated...and as it turned out, friends their entire lives. There's also a supporting role for the young Marlyn Monroe. It's amazing to me that she manages to get the most attention...even to this day...and even with such an absolutely minor role. This is the sex-bomb phenomenon in full bloom....and this film was a stepping stone to Monroe's stardom.

• More Reviews