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One of America's most acclaimed contemporary screenwriters and directors, David O. Russell made his feature film debut in 1994 with the black comedy Spanking The Monkey, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and caused a stir with its incestuous subplot and portrayal of adolescent restlessness. The film also displays much of what has become Russell's trademark idiosyncratic, offbeat humour, later seen in Flirting With Disaster, the iconoclastic Three Kings and the existential comedy I Heart Huckabees, marking him as a special director with cult appeal.
Looking forward to a prestigious summer internship in Washington, D.C., pre-med college student Raymond (Saving Private Ryan's Jeremy Davies) has his dreams put on hold when he's forced to stay at home caring for his invalid mother (Alberta Watson, The Sweet Hereafter, TV's 24). Constantly harassed by his domineering, travelling salesman father, Raymond struggles to deal with his mother's bed-ridden anxieties and his first, stumbling attempts to romance the naive girl next door.
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DVD bonus features include a feature-length commentary with director David O. Russell.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This debut picture by David O Russell, director of the recent big-budget 'Three Kings', is an understated masterpiece. It tells the tale of Raymond, a luckless MIT student whose sexual development is frustrated at every turn. When he hopes to visit the bathroom for some illicit pleasure, he always finds the repulsive family dog has beaten him to it. He manages to get a date with a girl, but she criticises his kissing and suggests he may be gay. So it doesn't come as a huge surprise when he gets drunk with his attractive mother and ends up (ugh) spending the night with her. The title of the film suggests it's a tongue-in-cheek teenage comedy affair, but actually it's a really mature film.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Billed as a black comedy, that must be the exaggeration of the year. For the duration of the film I was squirming in my seat thinking, "no, no surely he won't, oh my god, he's going to AARRRGH". The film pushes the boundaries of acceptability even to the most shock weary of film goers. However, it is refreshing and unpredictable at all times, and an excellent video to watch with friends (not ideal for a family christmas).
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The best (and quite possibly the only) film regarding the tense sexual relationship between a mother and son.
The subject matter may put you off watching this classic but try not to let it. When the final credits appear (to the haunting strains of Morphine's "In spite of me") you get the kind of warm glow that only Coen brothers films conjure....
If you appreciate sublime talent and detest Arnold Scwarzenegger you owe it to yourself to watch it! And if you are an Arnie fan, watch it anyway and feel the stench of ignorance leaving your soul forever!
Superb!!
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I find director David O Russell to be an interesting film maker.I loved the simplicity of The Fighter,enjoyed Flirting With Disaster, i thought Huckabees was an interesting... Read more
Published 11 months ago by mister joe
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Compared to the movies of Todd Solondz (Which this movie is blatently trying to emulate) Spanking The Monkey has nothing to offer. It is not cleverly written in any shape or form. Read more
Published on 19 April 2008 by M. F. Hay
The reign of O Russell
I am so pleased to see that this film is soon to be released in the UK on DVD. It was one of the funniest films I saw in the 1990's - a real mould breaker of a film that actively... Read more
Published on 1 May 2007 by First For Film
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