Funky Monkey is a 2004 family comedy film starring Matthew Modine, Seth Adkins and Roma Downey.

The plot centers around boy genius, Michael Dean (Adkins), who teams up with a super-talented chimpanzee and his caretaker (Modine) to take down an animal testing lab.

McCall takes Clements away on the run to his hometown, where they meet a 13-year-old genius boy named Michael (Seth Adkins).

Michael's single mom, Megan (Roma Downey), a computer programmer, has her eye on McCall, who rents out a room from her.

[1] In December 2001, Development of the film was first announced with ApolloMedia stating their intention to produce Karate Chimps, a $25 million family-oriented action comedy about a simian trained in the martial arts which Gene Quintano would write and direct.