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  "description": "WE HAVE TO MAKE LIKE EGGS AND SCRAMBLE! Holy hell this was fun, gross and funny. It's Jumanji but instead of a board game you get some horrific cursed monkey that people won't stop screwing with. Yes, take it to the pawn shop, do run away from it. Or maybe it's Final Destination but clumsier — that pool scene at the motel was a whole thing. Theo James plays twin brothers well — maybe not as well as Michael A. and Michael B. Jordan — but still. That's a high bar. You've got the meek, cautious twin and the Dr. Evil-esque over the top asshole. Elijiah Wood makes a brief appearance as the weird as hell step dad (not unlike his weird as hell character in Yellowjackets ). Gird your stomach and dive into the pool of viscera. Be as committed to the nihilistic absurdity of this as everyone who helped make it clearly was. If nothing else it's a ribald tale about the myriad reasons you should never, ever take second-hand toys. Can you imagine if they let Animal cut loose on this thing? : I haven't actually watched Final Destination — maybe everyone was clumsy in that too.",
  "path": "/watching/movies/the-monkey-2025",
  "publishedAt": "2025-05-26T21:00:00Z",
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  "tags": [
    "horror",
    "comedy"
  ],
  "title": "The Monkey"
}