“Monkeybone” is a lot like the movie “Heavy Metal” as they’re both pervert nonsense loosely strung together and called a movie. “Monkeybone” is apparently a comedy but it serves better as toilet gag nightmare fuel.

In “Monkeybone”, a shy cartoonist, named Stu (Brendan Fraser “The Mummy”, “Furry Vengeance”), creates a cheeky and sex-obsessive animated monkey, named ‘Monkeybone’ (voiced by John Turturro “Barton Fink”). Stu ends up in a coma and meets Monkeybone in a creepy limbo environment not unlike something from “Beetlejuice” where Monkeybone finds a way back into the real world but inside Stu’s body. It felt like a gauntlet for me as the viewer as I was faced with gross humour such as a monkey sticking his thumb in places he shouldn’t, terrifying creations such as giant bug with a human face and various other awful elements.

Brendan Fraser is completely boring here and it doesn’t matter whether he’s being the normal guy, the outrageous animated character trapped in his body or someone in a coma as he’s just unwatchable. The Monkeybone character is by far the worst thing in the entire movie and I was surprised Turturro has lowered himself to starring in a movie like this as the material completely prevents him from delivering a milligram of good or even mediocre comedy. Whoopi Goldberg (“Sister Act”) plays Death and she doesn’t help either. Maybe the cast all committed serious crimes and this was their punishment, sure they don’t go to prison but it means you’re no longer safe on the streets because someone will recognise them.

Most movies I review give me something good to say but the few films that receive this rating force me to write entirely one-sided articles. “Monkeybone” doesn’t contain a single frame that is enjoyable and isn’t even ‘Pandora’s box’ because there isn’t even that little shred of hope here. It’s a movie with the dignity completely removed and I have no respect for “Monkeybone” so if you ever bump into me, don’t mention this film without expecting a fight to break out.