Vince Vaughn Finds Perfect Role in ‘Bad Monkey,’ Summer’s Funniest Surprise

“Just be patient” might be the most dreaded phrase in streaming television, so when a narrator—scruffy fisherman Captain Fitzpatrick (Tom Nowicki)—utters it at the outset of Bad Monkey, it’s reasonable to get nervous.

Fortunately, there’s no cause for alarm, as Bill Lawrence’s Apple TV+ adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s 2013 bestseller hits the ground running and maintains its jaunty pace for the entirety of its 10 episodes. A breezy and amusing Florida detective yarn that has personality to spare and never overstays its welcome, it’s a vehicle tailor-made for its leading funnyman Vince Vaughn—and one of the year’s sunniest surprises.

In a role that plays to his every strength, Vaughn is Andrew Yancy, a good-hearted Miami cop with a pesky habit of getting in his own way. At the start of Bad Monkey, which premieres Aug. 14, Andrew’s comical assault on the abusive husband of his current paramour Bonnie Witt (Michelle Monaghan) has gotten him suspended from the force.

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