Monkey Shines

I should have known this was going to be a silly film after the first few minutes. The accident that puts the main character into a wheelchair that sets up the need for a helper monkey was laughably bad. I continued to give a chance. The movie worked in the beginning after he builds a bond with the monkey. However, everything else falls completely flat. I think the most frustrating part for me was that every character was completely unreasonable. They were all assholes and I hated them all by the time the film ended. I was ok with the questionable motivation for the monkey to turn "evil," but I can't forgive how it ended. [spoiler]Watching Jason Beghe whip his head around with the monkey in his jaws to kill it was insulting[/spoiler] and really just felt like they didn't think through how it was going to end. As I write this, I'm not sure if even a 4 is being too generous...

The idea ain't so bad after the initial what the.....? The end is unintentionally hilarious. 6 is generous but it was fun.