Monday Morning Maybe

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1999 | 124 min | Drama, Thriller

Monday Morning Maybe

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 27% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Rise of the Planet of the Apes or Nell, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 4 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated R: expect violence.
  • Critics were cooler on it than audiences.

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    27% on Rotten Tomatoes, 43 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesSolid

    6.5 out of 10

  • AwardsWeak

    1 win and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Box office & staying powerWeak

    $34 million worldwide on a $80 million budget

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 64K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

  • Anthony HopkinsDr. Ethan Powell
  • Cuba Gooding Jr.Dr. Theo Caulder
  • Donald SutherlandBen Hillard
  • Maura TierneyLynn Powell
  • George DzundzaDr. John Murray
  • John AshtonGuard Dacks
  • John AylwardWarden Keefer
  • Doug SpinuzzaNicko
  • Thomas Q. MorrisPete
  • Vivienne SendaydiegoCatherine