The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
- Robert Stevenson
- Joseph L. McEveety
- Arthur J. Vitarelli
- Alfred Lewis Levitt
- Helen Slote Levitt
Rating: 6/10 by 22 users
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Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 27 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: college, chimpanzee, flying machine
Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. 'The Monkey’s Uncle' is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' does, just without the promising beginning. The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is uninteresting and mostly predictable. Tommy Kirk (Merlin) and Annette Funicello (Jennifer) are solid, but the performance of Leon Ames (Holmsby) comes across more sillier than in the 1964 production. Disney continue to be iffy with their live-action sequels.
