Last Monkey Standing
| Last Monkey Standing | |
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| Spanish | El último mono |
| Directed by | Joaquín Mazón Lacasa |
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| Cinematography | Carlos Cebrián |
| Edited by | Jani Madrileño |
| Music by | Marina Alcantud Gayà |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista International |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Last Monkey Standing[1] (Spanish: El último mono) is a 2026 Spanish comedy film directed by Joaquín Mazón and written by Joaquín Oristrell and Yolanda García Serrano. It stars Juan Dávila and Susana Abaitua.
Plot
The plot follows manosphere guru Alejandro as he sets himself the challenge of wooing feminist writer Mariela, who is in Valencia for the promotion of her last book Neruda, cállate tú.[2][3][4]
Cast
Production
The film was produced by MOD Producciones, MOD Pictures, Misent Producciones, and Pecaneta Producciones and it had the participation of RTVE, Movistar Plus+, and À Punt.[3]
It was shot in Valencia. The city centre served as the set for the filming of a fictional IWD demonstration.[6]
Release
The film's premiere was programmed for 3 June 2026 at the Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA) cultural space as a part of the Lo Que Viene (LQV) festival.[7][8] Distributed by Buena Vista International, it is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 7 August 2026.[4] Film Factory secured international sales.[4]
Reception
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave the film a 50-point rating, warning that the manosphere is terrifying, not funny, and lamenting how the film chooses an issue "that leaves little room for jokes and shows no desire to develop it further; entailing a mere backdrop for a romantic comedy we have seen a thousand times before".[9]
Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting how Abaitua is "captivating in a comedic role she nails perfectly".[10]
In a 2-star rating, Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla concluded that the film "neither educates nor, much less, re-educates. It barely entertains, and you can see it coming a mile away.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ "Last Monkey Standing". Film Factory. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ Madueño, Teresa (18 July 2026). "'El último mono', la película que se ríe de la 'machosfera' desde València: "Hemos hecho una película feminista"". Alicante Plaza.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tráiler de 'El último mono': Juan Dávila es un 'coach' de seducción intentando ligarse a una 'feminazi'". Cine con Ñ. 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "'El último mono', una comedia protagonizada por Juan Dávila y rodada en València, llega a los cines". Valencia Plaza. 9 June 2026.
- 1 2 "¿Quiénes son hoy, miércoles 8 de julio, los invitados de 'La revuelta' de Broncano en TVE?". El Confidencial. 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Silencio, se rueda: estas son las producciones que han pasado por València este 2025". Valencia Plaza. 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "LO QUE VIENE Tenerife 2026 analizará a partir del lunes la taquilla española y la situación de las series en abierto". Lo Que Viene. 28 May 2026.
- ↑ Ginovés, Patricia (5 June 2026). "Joaquín Mazón presenta en Tenerife su nueva película, 'El último mono', una comedia políticamente incorrecta". El Día. Prensa Ibérica.
- ↑ Hernández Luján, Raquel (6 August 2026). "Crítica de El último mono: La fórmula de la comedia romántica destroza la narrativa". HobbyConsolas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ Pando, Juan (4 August 2026). "La nueva película de los guionistas de 'La cena' que apunta a convertirse en una de las comedias del verano: "Ideal para reírse, pasarlo bien y olvidarse por un rato de problemas"". Fotogramas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ Lombardo, Manuel J. (7 August 2026). "Reeducación y contradicción". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish). Grupo Joly. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
External links
- Last Monkey Standing at ICAA's Catálogo de Cinespañol