9. Dunston Checks In - 1996
Nothing, I mean nothing, was cooler as a kid than the possibility of getting to live in a massive hotel with the entire building as your own personal palace. Okay, I lied. There is one thing coolerbeing best friends with a monkey. So you put those two together, toss in George from Seinfeld and Rupert Everett from whatever it is he is from, I just know I like him from everything he does, and shenanigans induced hilarity you will have. With such a ridiculous premise and situations it was without a doubt going to make me laugh as a child. There was a period when I came home every day and watched it again and again. Now, it really is hard to say that this movie was actually horrible. There are worse things in the world. But it was far better when I was a kid. The film ran off the single concept of a monkey running loose and doing monkey things with the son of the hotels manager. Oh waitthere was Pee-Wee Herman as a monkey hunter. And a few dirty jokes that went over my head as a child. Hold on a second, I almost forgot to mention: the monkey was a jewel-thief. Yikes, tension. But we have to remember it was made for kids. Yet, at the time I thought I would love this film forever. But that did not seem so. I dont laugh at the jokes like I did when I was a lad. The villain just seems like a cartoon character. I know its because I am an adult now. But this film, just like the others on the list, you look back on and ask, how did I ever find this entertaining? And while being best friends with a monkey is still the coolest thing imaginable, Dunston Checks In is still just a little too difficult to relive the glory days of no bills and taxes.