Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Monkey Business has generally received positive reviews.
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Monkey Business was released in 1952 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 166 reviews, giving Monkey Business (1952) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 72% and users giving an average score of 70%.
With a score of 67%, Monkey Business is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1952, which stands at 61%.
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