Monkey Business

Cary Grant is Barnaby Fulton, a forgetful chemist working on a "de-aging drug" that he can't quite seem to get right. While he's out of the lab one day, one of the chimpanzees escapes, completes the forumla by herself, and proceeds to dump it in the office water cooler. Hilarity, mix-ups, and your typical Howard Hawks comedy shenanigans ensue when Bartleby and his wife Edwina (Ginger Rogers) both drink from the water and start acting like red-blooded college kids, and later on, hyperactive ten-year-olds. It's a silly, light-hearted and completely pointless film, and lacks some of the rapid-fire dynamics of Hawks' earlier comedies (being made in 1952, it was something of a "throwback" at the time) but is still a lot of fun, nonetheless. Despite being part of the Monroe Diamond Collection, which I borrowed from my sister, Marailyn gets fourth billing here and is only onsceen for a short while as Charle's Coburn's voluptuous secretary. It's Grant and Rogers' movie, in truth, and fans of either one will definatley enjoy it.