Monkey Business (2015): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2015, Monkey Business is a family film directed by Johan Nijenhuis.

What it’s about. In an orphanage around the year 1900, the principal of an orphanage tries to earn some money by selling the orphans for child labour. The moment we step in the story one of the orphans, Wim, is about to be sold to a brutal man. The man wants Wim to go to the market with a little monkey to pickpocket people. By the time they get to the market, Wim succeeds in escaping with the monkey by hiding in an old canalboat with the help of Jet, a girl who lives at the countryside. When they arrive at the farm where Jet lives, he meets Jets little sister Sien and her friend Ot, two little children who will take care of Wim and the monkey for the next weeks. When the brutal man finally finds out the hiding place of Wim, a true chase follows and Wim is locked up in the orphanage again. But then Jet’s father, a schoolteacher, interferes…. A story for the whole family about the start of the compulsory school attendance in 3D!

Who’s in it. Monkey Business stars Tygo Bussemakers as Wim, Arjan Ederveen, Loek Peters and Sanne Vogel, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, Monkey Business has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In GB you can stream it on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Monkey Business page.

If you liked it. Fans of Monkey Business tend to enjoy Spirited Away, Back to the Future, The Lion King and Coco.