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- 2009
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 2009
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
Summary When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. The military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragt...
Directed By: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
- 2009
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 2009
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
Monsters vs Aliens
56
6.6
Where to Watch
Summary When California girl Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall. The military jumps into action and Susan is captured and secreted away to a covert government compound. There, she is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragt...
Directed By: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
56
57% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
34% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
9% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
56
57% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
34% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
9% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Pure, light entertainment.
Dazzling colors, winning characters and energetic visual effects all work in concert, with the 3-D animation serving to intensify the experience.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 222 User Ratings
6.6
51% Positive
113 Ratings
113 Ratings
39% Mixed
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
10% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 222 User Ratings
6.6
51% Positive
113 Ratings
113 Ratings
39% Mixed
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
10% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
This movie is a homage to classic horror and science fiction movies. It has great humor, well developed characters, an enjoyable B-Movie inspired story with an over the top evil villain. There are so many cliches, easter eggs and references that are enjoyable for fans but still entertaining if you don't know all sources. For me the cast is what makes the movie this good. With Susan we have a great lead. She got into more than she could imagine and her heroes journey is as relatable as great. Dr. Cockroach is finest diabolical evil scientist material but also a true friend. BOB has no brain but is funny and also nice. Missing Link is a poser with a heart of gold. Insectosaurus is a great parody. I notice that these monsters are all actually nice people. General Warren R Monger is also a great parody. President Hathaway is in harsh competition with the General for best parody. Then with Gallaxhar we have the evil for evils sake villain. So enjoyable and a love to hate character. I must mention that there is also a great cast of voice actors that deliver the roles, character growth and emotions. The story which I wont spoil is inspired by B-movies but filled with great humor, satire and playing with cliches. The visuals are good and fitting for its time but this evaluation depends on preferences. The soundtrack is good. My only negative point is that this is a hit or miss movie for some. You either say it is garbage or a masterpiece. In my circle of friends it is close to a 90% positive evaluation. Overall this is a surprisingly entertaining movie with great characters. Not for everyone but for me a must see.
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This is one of the most underrated cartoons from the Studio "DreamWorks animation", very much in vain. On the one hand, we have a banal history. The Creature of the 50s where the most ridiculous monsters "Attack of the 50-foot woman " "Creature from the Black lagoon" "the Blob" "The fly" "Godzilla" and absurd threats from space were present. And the audience probably did not understand the basic idea of this film, its value. Further, what can be said, The main character Susan, she is the best cartoon characters, it is believed that she is going through, it is also observed the development of the character. The other characters also deliver especially B. O. B. voiced by Seth Rogen. Also about the drawing, like a caricature will not please everyone, but I have not experienced obvious discomfort. As a result, I can say that this is not a masterpiece but for viewing at least once enough. I especially recommend watching the cartoon in the company of the family.
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In fact "nice" is the adjective that seems to surface most in trying to pin down the film's most salient quality, which means that while the film is enjoyable enough, it is unlikely to become a classic for us, or a "Shrek" sort of franchise for DreamWorks.
If you have to see Monsters vs. Aliens - and if you're a parent, you will have to - make sure it's the 3-D version.
As I took off my gray-lensed 3-D spectacles at the end of Monsters vs. Aliens, I felt not so much immersed as fuzzy with exhaustion. What I had seen struck me less as a herald of shining possibility than as a thrill ride back to the future--back, that is, to an idea of the future, and a stale one at that.
Has bells and whistles, superb technical sophistication and dazzling visual effects, sound, fury and Reese Witherspoon. What it doesn't have is heart. Like so many vehicles that have popped out from the DreamWorks Animation snark tank, Monsters vs. Aliens is too clever by half.
Dreamworks Animation's clunky and wildly unimaginative Monsters vs. Aliens really doesn't have a clue what to do with the [3-D] technique.
**** of the best Dreamworks movies,with a spectacular cast,with a great story and great **** of the best movie of 2009.Great.Great.
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Monsters vs. Aliens is the worst animated film I've ever seen.
This movie has amused me for nothing, and it made me laugh a single beat of the most comedians, then the humor of the three monsters is really an absurd ridiculousness , even worse of the supporting characters of Chicken Little, who at least could be laugh younger children .
There isn't a solid storyline or that entertain and distract from the nonsense that happen throughout the film , there is nothing good, even the animation as advanced , in my opinion, is a big drawback of the film, as well as the characters for fun and nothing too stereotypical , it's just a series of action scenes, is well made , but too much for their own sake . The moral end is the most bland I've ever been proposed by an animated film, not because of the moral in itself, but more for the way it has been treated !
I would never have expected from Dreamworks , the production house of SHREK , MEGAMIND and HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON , the production of a film so bad and silly !
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Production Company
9Go!,
Ten Network,
DreamWorks Home Entertainment,
DreamWorks Animation,
Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Release Date Mar 27, 2009
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG
Tagline Oooze gonna save us?
Awards
Annie Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Kids' Choice Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 2 Nominations
