Spanking the Monkey (1994)

Location: Home
Seen Before: Yes
Rating: 5.0

I've always really liked David O. Russell's first feature, but, after not having seen it for a number of years, I was thinking that it was nothing more than a funny little indie film. I was shocked but how wrong I was--I totally underestimated what an achievement this picture is. Russell really gets everything right (except, of course, the amazingly lame title).