After starring in some beloved rom-coms and comedies like Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up, The Internship, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and Swingers, Vince Vaughn has now made his way to Apple TV+‘s latest dramedy, Bad Monkey, and we’re here to share our review of it!
We truly believe that Vaughn and comedy go hand in hand, which is what left us curious about Bad Monkey, and the two-episode premiere on the streaming platform most certainly helped!
Now, if you are still wondering whether you should stream the series or skip it, this article will help you make that decision, so make sure you stick around.
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For starters, we were convinced that Bad Monkey would be a little more sitcom-like in terms of the length of the episode, so when the first episode was 58 minutes long, we were a little taken aback, to say the least, but at the same time, lengthy episodes have become a norm, especially on Apple TV+.
Nevertheless, this only means more screentime of Vince Vaughn, so weren’t complaining.

The opening scene had a dismembered arm, so you might want to turn away if that makes you a little woozy. However, keeping with the genre of the series, it was more humorous than anything else.
Cut to our main character of Bad Monkey, aka Andrew Yancy, played by Vaughn. We are briefly introduced to him and his “happy place,” which is quickly disrupted by construction noise.
We learn about Yancy through the narrator which shockingly works in the favor of the series, so far. A former Miami PD homicide detective who is currently on suspension and desperately wants his job is the best way to summarize Yancy and subsequently the series of events that follow in Bad Monkey.
Of course, there’s plenty more to it, but you get the gist by looking at maybe the first half of the first episode.

Remember the arm from the first scene? that now falls in the hands of Yancy as he is prompted to run an errand and drop the arm off in Miami, but things don’t go as planned, even Yancy with an arm, and this is when the story really picks up its pace. This is also where Rosa is introduced, and she goes on the become a crucial part of Bad Monkey.
We have to admit, there were times in this two-episode premiere when we felt like there were too many characters and subplots for being introduced in Bad Monkey, but the narration often helped, and while Yancy went from suspended to fired, he remained at the center of the whole narrative which aided to the success of the premiere, overall.

Conclusion
Bad Monkey isn’t the most basic whodunit out there, but some elements do appear like they have done before. Some repetition is excused, that’s what we’re telling ourselves at the start of the series, and only later will we figure out whether or not this series sets itself apart from the rest.