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The Monkey's Mask
Directed by
Samantha Lang
R
2000
1h 33m
Crime
,
Mystery
,
and more
5.1
42%
15%
4.3
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A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.
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Where to Watch The Monkey's Mask
Shout! Factory TV
Free
Cast of The Monkey's Mask
Susie Porter
Jill Fitzpatrick
Kelly McGillis
Diana Maitland
Abbie Cornish
Mickey Norris
John Noble
Mr. Norris
Brendan Cowell
Hayden
Marton Csokas
Nick Maitland
Linden Wilkinson
Mrs Norris
Deborah Mailman
Lou
Bojana Novaković
Tianna
Billy Mitchell
Stan
Jim Holt
Bill McDonald
Jean-Pierre Mignon
Tony Brach
Caroline Gillmer
Barbara Brach
William Zappa
Detective Sergeant Wesley
Kathryn Hartman
Policewoman
John Batchelor
Steve (uncredited)
Gigi Edgley
Tianna (uncredited)
Annie Jones
Evelyn McDonald (uncredited)
Samantha Lang
Director
Anne Kennedy
Writer
The Monkey's Mask Ratings & Reviews
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
An uneasy mix of tired detective-movie clichs and low-key arty pretension.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Wary, conflicted, gutsy, and simpatico, [Lang'd] make a fine series character.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Emphasizes sex at the expense of mystery.
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
The sex scenes between the women do little to advance the story, but they blessedly distract both Jill and the viewer from the thin narrative.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Lang's dramatic pacing is sluggish and dull.
Dallas Morning News
Jane Sumner
Boasts strong, highly watchable perfs.
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Carries the leaden whiff of the ghosts of thrillers past.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Samantha Lang displays considerable style and assurance, with Porter and McGillis giving beautifully nuanced portrayals.
IFilm
Dave White
You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This: If you hate poetry. It will make your prejudice seem justified.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Remarkably sluggish and not particularly suspenseful.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
The film, with lurid and kinky elements familiar to those who remember Dario Argento or Radley Metzger, provides slumming without guilt.
Internet Reviews
Steve Rhodes
[The film] is about nudity and bad poetry -- really bad poetry. The nudity is in the context of a lesbian affair that's about as convincing as a Playboy photo shoot.
San Francisco Examiner
Anne Crump
Looks slick on the surface, but underneath is a plot so tangled, frayed and silly it's about as suspenseful as the Keystone Cops.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Poetry, lesbian sex and murder might be a killer combination if a deadly pace weren't included in the mix.
SPLICEDWire
Rob Blackwelder
...a brilliantly modern homage to everything that was great about the golden era of gritty gumshoe flicks.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Despite a lack of stamina storywise, The Monkey's Mask, director Samantha Lang's risky film noir, weaves a strange spell.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Porter brings such buried heartache and old-school moxie to her role that I wish she had her own detective-movie franchise.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Samantha Lang's flat, paceless direction and Annie Kennedy's painfully expository script ... makes the conceit seem preposterous.
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
The film seems dimly aware of its own ridiculousness, but it lacks the constitution for self-mockery.
The Hollywood Reporter
Erin Free
It might be dressed up differently, but Monkey's is still a good, old-fashioned murder mystery.
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