The Film:
Just in case some of you were wondering, I actually am a professional film critic. What that means is that among other things, I get paid to watch movies and write about them. On average I watch 400 movies a year for work. That doesn't include short films or the occasional movie I watch just because I feel like watching a movie. The point of my telling you all of this is to drive home the fact that I've seen a lot of movies – somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 in the last five years alone. And with all the movies I've seen in my lifetime, there is still only one that gets mentioned when people ask me what my absolute, all-time favorite movie of all time is. Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing the look of surprise on people's faces when they ask me the film critic's most commonly asked question, "What's your favorite movie of all time?" Without hesitation, the answer has ...Read the entire review

The Movie

Run Time: 9 Hours 23 Minutes

From the first time I witnessed Monk, I knew that this was one fine television show. Monk is basically a comedy, with a mix of crime and mystery. Tony Shalhoub plays Adrian Monk, a rather ingenious obsessive compulsive gumshoe. Four-years earlier in the show's timeline, Monk was a rather successful and slightly neurotic San Francisco detective. After a tragic accident, Monk's slightly neurotic behavior was pushed over the top. Soon Monk became a rather instable individual, suffering from a myriad of phobias and the common symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). While many people can survive and coexist within society, Monk's condition left him incapable of functioning in normal society. As it follows, being unable to function in his daily life, Monk was rendered unfit to continue working as a police detective. Still with t...Read the entire review