Monkey Trouble is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Franco Amurri and starring Thora Birch and Harvey Keitel.

Romani kleptomaniac Azro lives with his Capuchin monkey Fingers in Venice Beach, using them to lure tourists and pickpocket them.

He is approached by Italian American mafia members Drake and Charlie, who propose joining their crime syndicate.

In a test run, they steal expensive items from Eva's home, leading to Azro's admission to the crime group.

Eva hides the monkey in her bedroom, but when she has to attend school, she leaves him in the care of a pet store businesswoman named Annie.

Development on the film, initially titled Pet, began at Paramount Pictures in 1991 with Franco Amurri attached after having done Flashback for the studio.

[3] The film came close to being greenlit twice at Paramount until the project went into Turnaround which led to it being picked up by producer Mimi Polk of Ridley Scott's Percy Main Productions.

[3] In May 1993, Pet was one of three active monkey/ape films announced to be in development along with Dunston Checks In (then known as Prime Mates) at 20th Century Fox and Ed (then known as You Should See Them Play) at Universal Pictures.

[5] The film debuted at number 3 in the North American box office,[6] dropping to seventh place the following week.

'"[11] Ebert did criticize the film's decision to identify the villain character as a gypsy, reasoning Azro "could have had a non-specific background and the movie would have worked just as well, without giving its young audiences a lesson in prejudice.

"[13] Joanna Berry of the Radio Times wrote, "Quite what the hard-as-nails star of Reservoir Dogs and Bad Lieutenant is doing in this comedy adventure is anyone's guess, but his tongue-in-cheek performance will delight adults almost as much as the monkey business will enchant young children.