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62% Critic Match
Monster in a Box
“He Survived Swimming to Cambodia. Now the Adventure Continues.”
6.2 / 10• 1992• 1h 27m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Monologuist Spalding Gray talks about the great difficulties he experienced while attempting to write his first novel, a nearly 2,000-page autobiographical tome concerning the death of his mother. Among his many asides, Gray discusses his problems in dealing with the Hollywood film industry, recounts the trips he took around the world in order to avoid dealing with his writer's block and describes his ambivalence about acting as stage manager for a Broadway production of "Our Town."
Cast & Crew
Spalding Gray
Self
LeadWhat People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nick Broomfield's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Monster in a Box is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
