B. Monkey
| B. Monkey | |
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| Directed by | Michael Radford |
| Produced by |
Nik Powell Colin Vaines Stephen Woolley |
| Screenplay by | Chloe King Michael Radford Michael Thomas |
| Based on |
B. Monkey by Andrew Davies |
| Starring |
Asia Argento Jared Harris Rupert Everett |
| Music by |
Luis Enríquez Bacalov Jennie Muskett |
| Cinematography | Ashley Rowe |
| Edited by | Joëlle Hache |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Release date
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6 November 1998 (UK) 10 September 1999 (USA) |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English Italian French |
| Box office | $39,371 (USA) |
B. Monkey is a British-American 1998 crime drama film directed by Michael Radford. Originally, Michael Caton-Jones was attached to direct the adaptation of the homonymous book by Andrew Davies, but left over creative differences.
Alan (Jared Harris) is a schoolteacher in London who also moonlights as a jazz disc jockey for a hospital PA system. One night after work, he goes to a bar and sees Beatrice (Asia Argento), a beautiful woman who is arguing with two men. Alan is immediately captivated by Beatrice and begins to pursue her. What Alan doesn't know is that Beatrice is an infamous thief known to the police as "B. Monkey" (named for her ability to break into anything), and the men she was arguing with were Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a homosexual couple who are her partners in crime. When Alan becomes aware of Beatrice's secret, he tries to lead her into a safer and more honest way of life, even as she lures him into the thrilling existence he's been dreaming of.
Film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 61% based on 17 reviews.Metacritic has the film listed as a 49 out of 100, indicating mixed reviews, based on 10 critics.
Anita Gates of The New York Times had a mixed review of the film but thought highly of the actors:
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