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Spanking the Monkey
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Overview

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6.4/10   2,699 votes
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Director:
David O. Russell
Writer (WGA):
David O. Russell (written by)
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Release Date:
15 July 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Get a grip on yourself. more
Plot:
Raymond Aibelli is a promising medical student ready to begin a prestigious summer internship. But Susan... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
King of California: A straight-to-dvd jewel!
 (From t5m.com. 6 July 2009, 9:47 AM, PDT)

David O. Russell Hearts High-School
 (From EmpireOnline. 9 April 2009, 2:18 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Missed Chances more (65 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeremy Davies ... Ray Aibelli
Elizabeth Newett ... Bus Woman
Benjamin Hendrickson ... Tom Aibelli

Alberta Watson ... Susan Aibelli

Carla Gallo ... Toni Peck
Liberty Jean ... Motel Woman #1
Archer Martin ... Motel Woman #2
Matthew Puckett ... Nicky

Zak Orth ... Curtis

Josh Phillip Weinstein ... Joel
Judah Domke ... Don
Nancy Fields ... Dr. Wilson
Judette Jones ... Aunt Helen
Carmine Paolini ... Mailman
Neil Connie Wallace ... Walter Hooten
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Pawling, New York, USA
Company:
Buckeye Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director David O. Russell cast 'Jeremy Davies' based on the actor's performance in a Suburu commercial. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: Boom mic clearly visible when Mr Aibelli first phones Ray from the hotel room. more
Movie Connections:
References Le souffle au coeur (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Sheila more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Missed Chances, 19 March 2006
Author: parkerr86302 from arizona

Considering the plethora of reviews here, both good and bad, there isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said. I will add that the first half works "reasonably" well, allowing viewers to understand perhaps how such a thing as an incestuous encounter could possibly happen. But then the film derails, and derails big time. The boy blames his mother completely for what they did, and the film seems to side with him despite the fact that it had previously shown us that he was just as guilty as she in the liaison. The film gets unspeakably ugly from there. The subject of consensual incest has been addressed by film only a few times over the years, always with unsatisfactory results---perhaps this is reflective of society's uneasiness with the subject. Consensual incest is about the only "sexual more" that is never discussed (even by psychologists), even though it likely occurs in real life with more frequency than we would like to believe.

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