Monsters vs Aliens

4.00
    Monsters vs Aliens
    2009

    Synopsis

    When 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. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...

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    Cast

    • Reese WitherspoonSusan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
    • Seth RogenB.O.B. (voice)
    • Hugh LaurieDr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
    • Rainn WilsonGallaxhar (voice)
    • Will ArnettThe Missing Link (voice)
    • Paul RuddDerek Dietl (voice)
    • Stephen ColbertPresident Hathaway (voice)
    • Julie WhiteWendy Murphy (voice)
    • Jeffrey TamborCarl Murphy (voice)
    • Amy PoehlerComputer (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Village Voice

      The grandeur of the effects--the honest-to-God spectacle of the thing--elevates Monsters vs. Aliens to something approaching art. It's not a masterpiece, but it's most certainly a milestone.
    • 80

      Slate

      The richly multilayered picture tends to have a gently immersive effect, akin to a stroll through the world's most expensive diorama.
    • 75

      Charlotte Observer

      The movie may best be appreciated by people who know the references. All five monsters come from low-budget science fiction films of the 1950s.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      There is a nice mix of action with tender moments -- especially among the misfit monsters
    • 70

      Variety

      A film of chuckles, smiles and light amusement rather than big laughs, galvanizing excitement and original invention.
    • 63

      ReelViews

      Monsters vs. Aliens suffers from the common 3D problems: dim lighting, poor focus in fast-paced action sequences, and too many distractions for the movie to grab the viewer.
    • 63

      Chicago Sun-Times

      3-D is a distraction and an annoyance.
    • 58

      Entertainment Weekly

      The movie works hard -- desperately hard -- to be all things to all audience segments. And the visible effort erodes the sense of gaiety, of unfettered fun.

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