WHAT IT'S ABOUT "The Monkey King" tells the origin story of a central figure in the 16th century Chinese epic novel "Journey to the West" through the prism of an imaginatively animated family movie ...

Netflix’s original animated feature The Monkey King debuts today, so we’re checking in on what the critics are saying about the latest adaptation of one of China’s most popular fantasy tales.

Netflix’s The Monkey King is an animated coming-of-age film that struggles to find its footing. There are some engaging moments thanks to its interesting premise and colorful animation. But The Monkey ...

The Monkey King (now on Netflix) isn’t just another talking-animal cartoon. No, it’s a Chinese legend dating back to the Ming Dynasty… that’s been adapted as another talking-animal cartoon. That’s a ...

Back in the early ’90s, a New Jersey-based company called GoodTimes Entertainment carved out a place for itself in the home-video space churning out straight-to-video knockoffs of Disney animated ...

This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn't exist.It's probably safe to ...

Despite only being available for three days between August 14-20, Anthony Stacchi’s The Monkey King was the second-most-watched English-language film on Netflix over the period. Speaking of Miraculous ...

The noisiest movie since “Oppenheimer,” the animated Netflix adventure “The Monkey King” is a frantic fable that modifies ancient mythology into something vaguely familiar, creates conflicts you never ...