Monster In A Box

1992, Movie, PG-13, 90 mins

Monster In A Box: Review

The third of acclaimed monologist Spalding Gray's performance works to be filmed (after SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA and "SPALDING GRAY: TERRORS OF PLEASURE," shown as an HBO comedy special), MONSTER IN A BOX shows Gray reaching a point of diminishing returns as an artist, though he's lost nothing as an entertainer. The monster of the title is a 1900-page manuscript of a novel by Gray that is two years overdue at the publisher. The monologue relates what happened during those two y... read more leave a comment