Good vibes, murder, and a monkey make for a satisfying Carl Hiaasen adaptation

Published September 6, 2024 5:28am ET



Pity poor Florida: hurricanes, alligators, drug lords, strip malls, scammers. But Floridians also have Carl Hiaasen, the former Miami Herald reporter who has spun the eccentricities of his home state into a dozen and a half beloved comic crime novels. Now Bill Lawrence, the co-creator of Ted Lasso, has adapted Hiaasen’s novel Bad Monkey into a 10-part Apple TV+ series starring Vince Vaughn, Rob Delaney, and Natalie Martinez, plus lots of shots of glowing Gulf sunsets. Is the series groundbreaking or even especially interesting? Not really. Is it entertaining? Definitely.

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