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  • 2006
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2006
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 31 m

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)

Directed By: Gil Kenan

Written By: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler

  • 2006
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2006
  • PG
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 31 m

Monster House

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 299 User Ratings
8.2
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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)

Directed By: Gil Kenan

Written By: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
68
84% Positive
27 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
3% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 32 Critic Reviews
68
84% Positive
27 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review

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91
Monster House makes its intentions clear: It wants to wrap you in a thick, warm blanket of 1980s nostalgia.
By M. E. Russell FULL REVIEW
88
Smaller kids might find the movie too intense at times, especially when DJ, Chowder, and Jenny find themselves literally in the belly of the beast. But everyone else should enjoy a good, goosebumpy scare.
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Universal Acclaim Based on 299 User Ratings
8.2
82% Positive
244 Ratings
12% Mixed
35 Ratings
7% Negative
20 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 299 User Ratings
8.2
82% Positive
244 Ratings
12% Mixed
35 Ratings
7% Negative
20 Ratings

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10
The_D4RknesS
Oct 19, 2022
this animation is perfect! It doesn't look like a movie for children because it has really scary and macabre parts, I was really scared of this movie in my childhood
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10
Bruterake
Apr 23, 2022
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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80
Becomes one of those wonderfully weird adventure stories beloved of children who don't mind getting a good old-fashioned case of the heebie-jeebies. It's kind of a blast for adults too.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
75
The house itself - which walks down the street in one impressive scene - is memorably voiced by Kathleen Turner.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
70
The three neighborhood kids who venture inside this toothy trap are wittily conceived (as are other characters, like a goth babysitter), but though the overall conception suggests Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle," the frenetic pacing seems as American as an apple pie in your face.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
63
Surprisingly enough, puberty-stricken J.D. and Chowder actually sound like real teenagers, but the cartoony look will probably alienate real-life kids that age, and the man-eating house might be downright terrifying to younger kids.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
30
A grisly, often cynical piece of work whose joyless, aggressive spirit is made even less appealing by its soulless visual style.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
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10
Josephgamers65
Aug 21, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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6
Kingofbajan4
Aug 3, 2022
The movie does give a shiver down my spine, but the story of the movie just doesn't do the job.
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6
atabeyordekci
Aug 18, 2021
Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster. (6)
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3
obscurist
Oct 24, 2023
Hard to bear animated film with a small budget and a target audience that probably doesn't appreciate it.
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3
SrPepe
Jul 8, 2018
Sinceramente no entiendo la emoción por esta película, a mi no me gusto para nada y me pareció muy turbia.
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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, ImageMovers, Amblin Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation
Release Date Jul 21, 2006
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline There Goes The Neighborhood.
Website https://monster-house.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_House_Wiki
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 6 Nominations

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