- Starring
- Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney
- Creator
- Bill Lawrence
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Release date
- August 14, 2024
- Where to watch
- Apple TV+
Overall Score
Rating Overview
Rating Summary
Starring Vince Vaughn as Andrew Yancy, Bad Monkey follows a former Miami detective who is demoted to restaurant inspector in the Florida Keys. The plot kicks off when a tourist discovers a severed human arm, prompting Yancy to investigate in hopes of reclaiming his badge. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a web of greed and corruption that spans from Florida to the Bahamas, encountering a host of quirky characters and unexpected challenges along the way.
Bad Monkey Review
Bad Monkey is its own animal. With a story that endeavors to reach Babylonian heights of whimsical ingenuity but never quite surpasses a two-story bohemian cottage, its moderately interesting components are held together by the Gorilla Glue stickum of Vince Vaughn’s charisma.
While the story is not as thrilling or comical as it might like to be, it offers up regular twists and B-12 plot shots at just the right dosage to keep the viewer engaged. That said, the writers intentionally built coincidence into the narrative algorithm as the solution to virtually every question and conflict. The result is that audiences will likely feel something of an emotional detachment from the situations while still cheering on the show’s likable characters, of which there are many.
Arguably, the only meaningful metric for a mystery series is whether each episode builds your anticipation of the next and Bad Monkey delivers more or less. Even so, the returns are somewhat diminished as it reaches its climax. While audiences may feel a bit let down by the season’s ultimate conclusion, the ride is enough fun to carry most through until the end and to have them looking forward to subsequent seasons. I liked it enough to mark it as Worth it, with the caveat that you must enjoy Vince Vaughn going full Vince Vaughn; otherwise, there is not much reason to watch.
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James Carrick
James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
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Excellent review. Hit the woke points on the nose. I enjoyed it in spite of them, but it is annoying. I thought it was funnier than you did. Vince Vaughn going full Vince Vaughn is always good. I really wonder who the writers think they are appealing to with their woke injections when Vince Vaughn and his fans are not PC. The second season unfortunately will probably be full on woke because the writers try to lure you in the first season or two then don’t care if they piss off their audience.
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