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Spanking the Monkey
MEANRANK
67/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 79, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Bright young student Raymond Aibelli is forced to sidetrack an important medical internship because his mother, Susan, is recovering from a broken leg. When he isn't tasked with the most mundane aspects of Susan's recuperation, Raymond finds distraction in a neighborhood girl, Toni Peck. But, as Susan begins relying on her son for both physical and emotional needs, Raymond starts developing disturbing and unwanted new yearnings.
Details
- Director
- David O. Russell
- Writer
- David O. Russell
- Studio
- Swelter Films, Fine Line Features, Buckeye Films
- Released
- 15 January 1994
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Budget
- $200.0K
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 1 →1 major award won · 1 win from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic 1994 | Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic | Winner |
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×| Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic | Winner |