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Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. 'The Monkey’s Uncle' is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' does, just without the promising beginning.…
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The Monkey's Uncle
“More fun than a barrel of teenagers!”
59%
Movie
1h 27m
AI Analysis
The Monkey's Uncle (1965) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Monkey's Uncle (1965) — a movie tagged as Family, Comedy, and Science Fiction with cozy, funny, and nostalgic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~87 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Monkey's Uncle 59% (27 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1965-08-18
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- TMDB rating
- 5.9
- TMDB ID
- 84840
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College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
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Cast
Tommy Kirk
Merlin Jones
Annette Funicello
Jennifer
Leon Ames
Judge Holmsby
Arthur O'Connell
Darius Green III
Frank Faylen
Mr. Dearborne
Leon Tyler
Leon
Brian Wilson
Self - The Beach Boys
Carl Wilson
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Dennis Wilson
Self - The Beach Boys
Al Jardine
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Mike Love
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Norman Grabowski
Norman
Cheryl Miller
Lisa
Connie Gilchrist
Mrs. Gossett
Alan Hewitt
Professor Shattuck
Gage Clarke
College President
Mark Goddard
Haywood
Harry Holcombe
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Slow and formulaic, it does at least have an amusing eventual pay-off. 'The Monkey’s Uncle' is a sequel that never needed to be made. It isn't an awful film at all but struggles in a similar way as 'The Misadventures of Merlin Jones' does, just without the promising beginning. The premise is dull, there is minor intrigue in the Darius Green III (Arthur O'Connell) plot but everything that builds up to it is uninteresting and mostly predictable. Tommy Kirk (Merlin) and Annette Funicello (Jennifer) are solid, but the performance of Leon Ames (Holmsby) comes across more sillier than in the 1964 production. Disney continue to be iffy with their live-action sequels.
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