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starstarstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar A.O. Scott - NY Times
starstarstar Nell Minow - MovieMom.com
starstarstar Michael O'Sullivan - Washington Post
starstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstar Nancy Churnin - Dallas Morning News
starstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstar Steven Rea - Philadelphia Inquirer
starstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstar Mick LaSalle - SF Chronicle
starstar Mark Caro - Chicago Tribune
starstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstar Berge Garabedian - JoBlo.com
star Jay Carr - Boston Globe

[T]he seamless work of an army of artists and technicians. It's a cartoon-book universe made real via movie magic, yet has the free-flowing quality of animation

- Kevin Thomas

For all its antic grasping it lies flatter on the screen than its graphic novel source lies on the page

- Jay Carr

Monkeybone

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A troubled cartoonist (Brendan Fraser) with insomnia and nightmares falls in love with his sleep doctor (Bridget Fonda), but right before he's ready to propose an accident puts him in a coma. Rose McGowan, Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Kattan, Dave Foley, Megan Mullally, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro. Director: Henry Selick (2001, PG-13)

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