A young girl's life turns hairy when her new pet monkey turns out to be a trained pickpocket on the run from a scheming Gypsy.
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Cast
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Finster | ... | Dodger (as 'Finster') |
| Thora Birch | ... | Eva | |
| Harvey Keitel | ... | Azro | |
| Mimi Rogers | ... | Amy | |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | Tom | |
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Adrian Johnson | ... | Jack |
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Julian Johnson | ... | Jack |
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Kevin Scannell | ... | Peter |
| Alison Elliott | ... | Tessa | |
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Robert Miranda | ... | Drake |
| Victor Argo | ... | Charlie | |
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Remy Ryan | ... | Katie |
| Adam LaVorgna | ... | Mark | |
| Jo Champa | ... | Annie | |
| John Lafayette | ... | Cates | |
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Eva is a girl that is feeling left out and ignored when her new baby brother arrives. Nothing is going well for her, until she finds a new friend. Her new friend is Dodger, a monkey. Dodger and Eva become close friends and entertain crowds at the Boardwalk. That is, until Eva finds out that Dodger has a hidden talent - he's a trained thief. Written by Anonymous
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Eva's new friend has big eyes, hairy feet, and very sticky fingers. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
18 March 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Pet See more »Filming Locations:
Warwick Building; 109 N. Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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$16,344,520Company Credits
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Performed by Gee Boyz
Written by Tim Gedemer and Howard Drossin
Double Dog (BMI/ASCAP)
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Joanna Berry, Film Critic from the Radio Times described Harvey Keitel starring in this movie as follows: "Quite what the hard-as-nails star of Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Bad Lieutenant (1992) is doing in this comedy adventure is anyone's guess, but his tongue-in-cheek performance will delight adults, almost as much as the monkey business will enchant young children." After Keitel had starred in those violent, expletive-heavy films, he wanted to do this movie for his young daughter. See more »Goofs
Eva's father has just a regular gun-holster such as a slim-bodied automatic pistol would slip into, yet the bulky revolver that the monkey is holding has a super-wide cylinder that could never fit into the holster. See more »Crazy Credits
The film is dedicated "For Eva", after Eva Amurri, director Franco Amurri's daughter. See more »Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult/Monkey Trouble/The Paper/Bitter Moon/Savage Nights (1994) See more »Soundtracks
VB RAPPerformed by Gee Boyz
Written by Tim Gedemer and Howard Drossin
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My daughter put "Monkey Trouble" in the VCR and after I heard her laughing her head off I decided to sit down and see what was so funny. What a surprise! It was funny & fun with just the right touch of adventure and pathos to make an excellent family experience.
Thora Birch plays Eva, the little girl who finds a monkey named Dodgers (played by Finster) trained by a drunken gypsy (Harvey Keitel) to steal watches, wallets, earrings, cash and anything else he could get his little fingers on. Eva's step-dad, allergic to animal hair, won't let Eva have a pet. So, when Eva sneaks Dodger into her room she becomes a very responsible little girl indeed, even cleaning up her bedroom and doing her homework. Quite a feat for a ten year old! But Fingers, continues his pick pocketing and theft, hiding the loot in Eva's art box. Finster himself hides under Eva's bed whenever anyone enters her room. So much for the basic plot, within which a child's humor, innocence, emotion, problems of growing up, and adventurous spirit is played.
Thora Birch has a much wider range of expression and sentiment in her acting than the Olsen twins (who we love to watch as a family too). Thora has an all-American look with just a few freckles and reminds me of the "kid next door". The camera catches her perfectly. Especially attractive was the lighting which made her somewhat golden hair into a sort of halo of light. She is very human and a very good actress. Dodger the monkey played a role that perfectly complimented the performance of Eva. My bet is they really loved one another and had a great time on the set together. Is it my imagination or are monkeys and children smarter, more expressive and better actors than most humans?
My daughter laughed and cried throughout the movie and declared it "Great"! It even tickled a demanding old grump like myself who generally would rather do anything but watch a PG rated movie. It made me nostalgic for my own childhood. As a parent I give it a "ten" and highly recommend it for its humor and warmth.