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68 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

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  • Starring: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke
  • Summary: Columbia Pictures and executive producers Robert Zemeckis and Steven Speilberg present Monster House, an exciting and hilarious thrill-ride tale about three kids who must do battle with a mysterious house that threatens anyone who crosses its path. (Columbia Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    Kenan directs with a zingy sense of kids, comedy, fright, and visual perspective. But the movie also shimmers and shakes in all its motion-capture animated beauty with the slyly deep sensibilities of executive producer Robert Zemeckis.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    50
    Monster House is the first horror comedy made exclusively for fourth-graders.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    30
    A grisly, often cynical piece of work whose joyless, aggressive spirit is made even less appealing by its soulless visual style.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. AllistairP
    10
    The perfect animated film and my favorite film of 2006. So much fun and so many levels of artistic genius behind the great story and dialogue.
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. PaulF.
    5
    There was really nothing terribly wrong with this movie but at the same time it really didn't move me. At times it seemed to touch on a deeper message but almost came across as prejudice in a way. Some movies for some reason have soul others do not no matter how good the Special effects and acting may be. Maybe if I was a preteen, having not experienced so much life this movie would be all the more entertaining. So I guess my advise would be is you are an adult with semi-refined tastes, having seen a lot of movies, don't see this one unless you have little choice. This was the case with myself as the movie was a kind of a pre-meet for a potential dating situation.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Patrick
    3
    Yet another dull, samey CGI to add to the ever growing list. The script was terrible, and the characters were souless.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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