{"id":630726,"date":"2024-08-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bad-monkey-review-great-vibes-and-a-cheeky-simian-help-vince-vaughns-apple-tv-comedy-breeze-past-its-flaws\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:00:00","slug":"bad-monkey-review-great-vibes-and-a-cheeky-simian-help-vince-vaughns-apple-tv-comedy-breeze-past-its-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bad-monkey-review-great-vibes-and-a-cheeky-simian-help-vince-vaughns-apple-tv-comedy-breeze-past-its-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018Bad Monkey\u2019 Review: Great Vibes and a Cheeky Simian Help Vince Vaughn\u2019s Apple TV+ Comedy Breeze Past Its Flaws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2555623e347\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2555623e347\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bad-monkey-review-great-vibes-and-a-cheeky-simian-help-vince-vaughns-apple-tv-comedy-breeze-past-its-flaws\/#Bad_Monkey\" >Bad Monkey<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    To lift a title from kids\u2019 novelist Wilson Rawls, this has become the Summer of the Monkeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Before we get to HBO\u2019s\u00a0<em>Chimp Crazy<\/em>\u00a0and Netflix\u2019s<em>\u00a0Secret Lives of Orangutans<\/em>, devotees of the simian arts will be treated to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le TV+\u2019s\u00a0<em>Bad Monkey<\/em>, a Carl Hiaasen adaptation from the streamer\u2019s comedy patron saint, Bill Lawrence (<em>Ted Lasso<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Shrinking<\/em>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bad_Monkey\"><\/span>\n<p>                    Bad Monkey      <\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>                    <span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>    Show me the monkey!<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                            <strong>Airdate: <\/strong>Wednesday, August 14 (Apple TV+)<br \/><strong>Cast: <\/strong>Vince Vaughn, Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner, Rob Delaney, Natalie Martinez, L. Scott Caldwell, Ronald Peet, and John Ortiz<br \/><strong>Creator: <\/strong>Bill Lawrence<br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n                                            <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Contrary to the show and novel\u2019s name, the eponymous monkey is not, in fact, bad. Played by veteran animal thespian Crystal \u2014 you know her from\u00a0<em>Community<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Friends<\/em>\u00a0and more \u2014 she is, in fact, quite good, reliable for reactive cutaways or wild, furry hijinks. She (actually, Crystal is playing a character who seems to identify as male, but we are not going down the path of monkey pronouns here) doesn\u2019t always feel particularly connected to the plot of\u00a0<em>Bad Monkey<\/em>, but it\u2019s charming and fun just to have her around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And that pretty much sums up my sense of\u00a0<em>Bad Monkey<\/em>: As a mystery, or a semi-thriller, it doesn\u2019t work at all; its twists and turns are clumsily executed, its stakes are flimsy and, especially in the finale, its storylines are unconvincingly resolved. It is, however, wry, easygoing and sunbaked in a way that appropriately mirrors Hiaasen\u2019s tone. With a superb cast led by Vince Vaughn, Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan and Jodie Turner-Smith, plus an impeccable eye for Florida locations, this is an agreeable way to spend 10 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    And did I mention the monkey?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Vaughan plays Andrew Yancy, a former Miami detective shipped down to the Keys after a scandal and given the ignominious title of restaurant inspector. Yancy has a dogged commitment to the truth and a total lack of self-preservation instincts, which impresses and irritates his friend and former partner Rogelio (John Ortiz).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Professionally, things aren\u2019t great for Yancy, but he\u2019s got a perfect cottage on a picturesque stretch of beach, plus a feisty if enigmatic girlfriend (Monaghan\u2019s Bonnie), so he\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Interrupting that contentment are the slick developer (Alex Moffatt\u2019s Evan) putting up a monstrous McMansion next door to Yancy\u2019s pad and a severed arm that Yancy has been tasked with driving up to Miami. The arm belongs to the husband of Eve (Meredith Hagner), whose grief Yancy finds unconvincing enough that he and saucy medical examiner Rosa (Martinez) begin an investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    They\u2019re right to be suspicious, because Eve is connected to shady Christopher (Rob Delaney), another developer, who\u2019s trying to buy up property in a sleepy town in the Bahamas. It\u2019s there that we meet Neville (Ronald Peet), a Bahamian fisherman who shares Yancy\u2019s desire for the simple life and is willing to do anything \u2014 including enlisting the Obeah-practicing priestess know as the Dragon Queen (Turner-Smith) \u2014 to protect the island\u2019s purity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Oh, and Neville has a monkey (Crystal) who loves grapes and funerals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The story is all narrated by a salty, Jimmy Buffett-esque charter boat captain (Tom Nowicki), and expands to encompass an ensemble of eccentrics including Charlotte Lawrence as Eve\u2019s flighty stepdaughter; Zach Braff as a sleazy doctor with the unlikely name of Israel O\u2019Peele; David St. Louis as a soulful thug called Egg; Ashley Nicole Black as a sarcastic government agent; and\u00a0<em>Lost<\/em>\u00a0veteran L. Scott Caldwell as the Dragon Queen\u2019s grandmother, Ya-Ya.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    For a few episodes, the narrator bridges the Florida\/Bahamas plotlines, consistently promising that it\u2019s all one story even though the fusion is never elegant. A \u201creveal\u201d at the end of the first episode doesn\u2019t actually reveal anything resembling what the show thinks it reveals, and another at the end of the third episode is more confusing than satisfying. There is, in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, a conflict of sensibilities between director Marcos Siega\u2019s flashier, glossier, darker instincts and the writing team\u2019s looser and lighter strengths. The former contingent approaches\u00a0<em>Bad Monkey<\/em>\u00a0like it\u2019s supposed to be an edge-of-your-seat show, when it really feels like it\u2019s meant to be watched while leaning as far back as humanly possible in a pastel-painted Adirondack. Because when it\u2019s just characters bantering, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> can be delightful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The interplay between Vaughn, a bit too old for the role and yet effectively roguish, and Martinez, buoyant and flirtatious in a way she\u2019s rarely displayed, is thoroughly appealing. Plus Monaghan comes in and out of the story with that wicked glint in her eye that has been so underutilized since\u00a0<em>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/em>, bringing real sizzle to a semi-love-triangle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Hagner, blending sweet and strychnine, is channeling vintage Goldie Hawn, which is even better if you know that her mother-in-law is \u2026 Goldie Hawn. Her bubbly energy has a perfect foil in Delaney, so tall and so glum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Bahamas side of the story is, despite the presence of the titular monkey, more dramatic, defined by Peet\u2019s low-key sincerity and Turner-Smith\u2019s fierce intensity. Those two performers get moments of characterization that have nothing to do with murder and scheming. But does\u00a0<em>Bad Monkey<\/em>\u00a0have any insight into, say, touristic exploitation of the Bahamas or Obeah traditions? No.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The show never quite nails Hiaasen\u2019s satirical edge, his very specific perspective on Florida\u2019s grifters and interlopers, settling for soft mockery of corrupt institutions and the nouveau riche. It\u2019s all surface, but when the surface is this pretty \u2014 white-sand beaches, sparkling blue water, condensation glistening on a cold beer \u2014 you may very well be happy to spend some time on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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