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The Fifth Monkey

1991, Movie, PG-13, 93 mins

The Fifth Monkey: Review

In this curiosity piece, Ben Kingsley plays a sort of Pied Piper for the simian set. Unfortunately, there are too many monkeys and not enough good writers to save this odd farrago of a film. A snake-killer by trade, Cunda (Ben Kingsley) makes a few extra bucks collecting insects and animals for a scientist who suggests that Cunda sell his monkeys in the "beeg ceety" (everyone in the film speaks with a thick accent except Kingsley, adding another layer of incomprehensibility... read more leave a comment