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[[Peter Bradshaw]], writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', awarded four out of five stars, reserving praise for Patel's performance and calling it a "stylish and exciting action thriller, which doubles as a boisterous satire of [[Narendra Modi|Modi]]-esque nationalism".<ref>{{cite web |date=3 April 2024 |author=Peter Bradshaw |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/03/monkey-man-review-dev-patel |title=Monkey Man review – Dev Patel goes wild in ultraviolent Mumbai revenge flick |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=3 April 2024 }}</ref> Tim Robey of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' awarded three out of five stars, writing that "The actor's directorial debut is an astonishingly violent, expertly staged [[John Wick (film)|John Wick]]-in-[[Mumbai]] slugfest" but questioned whether it was "a waste of his talents".<ref>{{cite web |date=4 April 2024 |author=Tim Robey |author-link=Tim Robey |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/monkey-man-review-gore-hounds-will-relish-dev-patels-brutal/ |title=Monkey Man, review: gore-hounds will relish Dev Patel's brutal revenge thriller |website=The Telegraph |access-date=4 April 2024 }}</ref> Saffron Maeve, writing for ''[[The Globe and Mail]],'' described the film as "solid and blockbuster-audience friendly", but that its "woozy overediting [...] makes the theatrical experience tiring."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-04 |author=Saffron Maeve |title=Review: Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is a fleshy action film that is hampered by woozy overediting |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-dev-patels-monkey-man-is-a-fleshy-action-film-that-is-hampered-by/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref>
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