Funky Monkey (2004)

Director
Harry Basil

Main cast
Matthew Modine; Seth Adkins; Roma Downey; Gilbert Gottfried; Jeffrey Tambor

Genres
Family, Comedy

Description
Boy genius Michael Dean (Adkins) teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab. In exchange the scientist gives the boy some pointers on the girl of his dreams.


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