- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 91 min
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
- Starring: Ryan Newman, Steve Buscemi, Mitchel Musso, Catherine O'Hara ... see all
- Director: Gil Kenan
- Plot: The teenage DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of their street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ's parents... Read more
User Reviews
WHAT A BLAST!
Jan 18, 2009
zachattackrules - yahoo.com
Jan 18, 2009zachattackrules - yahoo.com
This movie is a blast and it's very funny. Every single thing about this film is amazing material. This movie is filled with an amazing cast, brilliant special effects, a great story and nice directing. This may be the best animated... Full review
What a Blast!
Jan 11, 2009
bigshialabeouffan - yahoo.com
Jan 11, 2009bigshialabeouffan - yahoo.com
This movie is amazing and it's very funny. The story is very new and it's a lot of fun. The acting is extremely fun. The direction is absolutely genius. The visuals are incredible and amazing. Overall, this is highly recommended to... Full review
Monster *****
Nov 13, 2008
phuchueman - yahoo.com
Nov 13, 2008phuchueman - yahoo.com
The movie still sucked! No wonder it only lasted a week. The whole entire peice of ***** was stupid (both in concept and performance); poorly done; uninteresting; repetitive and bull*****. Thank goodness Steven Speilburg was part of the crew(which is like... Full review
fun house
Nov 07, 2008
drosenberg12345 - yahoo.com
Nov 07, 2008drosenberg12345 - yahoo.com
i liked this movie alot. Everything in the movie was beautiful and i recomend this movie to people who like suspenseful movies.... Full review
"Monster House"
Oct 23, 2008
cosmeo77 - yahoo.com
Oct 23, 2008cosmeo77 - yahoo.com
"A wild ride...!" "Monster House" delivers the laughs, suspense and the thrills. Its too intense for younger kids, but surely they will be entertained as I was. I just thought it was a lot of fun.... Full review
Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 22, 2008
t.dolan78 - yahoo.com
Oct 22, 2008t.dolan78 - yahoo.com
I went to this movie expecting it to be ok, i mean it has a good plot on the outside. IT WAS HORRIBLE don;t even bother looking at the cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! total waste of money go spend it on food or something... Full review
Well..............Not bad!!!
Aug 05, 2008
basiljustinserranoleung - yahoo.com
Aug 05, 2008basiljustinserranoleung - yahoo.com
Well I dont think I should call this a "kids" movie. I read some reviews the past few days. Ive seen some horrible reviews and some good reviews about this movie. But me, Im not gonna write either bad or good... Full review
This is NOT a kids' movie!!!
Jul 04, 2008
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Jul 04, 2008- yahoo.com
During the summer my 3 kids and myself like to end each week with a movie. This week it was Monster House. It looked cute on the previews and it was an animated film. Rated PG, but then most cartoon shows... Full review
This is NOT a kids' movie!!!
Jul 04, 2008
22_tango - yahoo.com
Jul 04, 200822_tango - yahoo.com
During the summer my 3 kids and myself like to end each week with a movie. This week it was Monster House. It looked cute on the previews and it was an animated film. Rated PG, but then most cartoon shows... Full review
A bit morbid for a kid movie
Jun 22, 2008
tampabayjay - yahoo.com
Jun 22, 2008tampabayjay - yahoo.com
This will be a forgotten CGI kids movie soon enough. It stretches what we call a 'kids movie' anyway. It does have some laughs here and there but it isn't what you'd expect.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| May 09, 2009Galatta
Monster House is an exciting and hilarious thrill-ride tale about three kids (Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner and Spencer Locke) who find....The movie's remarkable animation has an inviting and appealing 3D appearance.....you feel like you're watching real people and it is all due to the incredible motion-capture animation of the movie..... ... Full Review
| Oct 10, 2008Orlando Sentinel
There are some really great allegorical films that don't turn out to be great drama or good times in a movie theater.
Kenan has curried favor from the sci-fi and comic-book-film crowd, and won a ringing endorsement from fanboy site aintitcool.com, with reviewer masswyrm enthusing, "I want to see more movies like this, a lot more movies like this.
... Full Review
| Dec 17, 2007Matchflick
In "Monster House", it was better.
In "Monster House", the technology was used to better effect because the characters were highly stylized and looked like animated characters.
This is not a good thing when a film is trying to be hyper-realistic.
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| Jan 25, 2007Matchflick
Every so often, the experience of watching the film is better than the film itself.
Monster House" is such an example, but the film is pretty darn good as well.
... Full Review
| Jan 18, 2007theage.com.au
Monster House begins inventively, with a lively combination of suspense, comedy and fleeting movie references.
They've already had a bit of practice contending with DJ's two-faced babysitter (a nice comic voice performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal).
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News
The Director Of MONSTER HOUSE And Robert Zemeckis Take Flight With AIRMAN!!
aintitcool.com –
2009-10-20
Robert Zemeckis will produce a Gil Kenan directed adaptation of Eoin Colfe's book AIRMAN (available HERE ...says Variety HERE . The project will be scripted by Ann Peacock (the first NARNIA movie, NIGHTS IN RODANTHE) and will be a motion... ... Full Article
Earlier today we brought you some "Green Lantern" casting rumors that attached "Star Trek" and "Terminator: Salvation" actor Anton Yelchin as a potential Hal Jordan in the much-anticipated film based on DC's Emerald Knight. ... Full Article
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs cast, and Airmen reunites Monster House team
orlandosentinel.com –
2008-09-19
Gil Kenan's City of Ember isn't even in theaters, but already Bob Zemeckis has lined up his Monster House director to helm his new animated project, Airmen , based on the children's adventure book by Eoin Colfer, who also wrote... ... Full Article
MONSTER HOUSE: DVD
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-09-04
Hailed as a breakthrough in motion-capture techniques (most extensively rehearsed with The Polar Express, 2004), Monster House can also claim to have pioneered emotion-capture, with its scary story of a monster house, where the resolution is about eternal, unconditional love. ... Full Article
Capone: I have not read this book, but I have a friend who's a teacher who told me that all of her kids have read that book and love it. Gil Kenan: That's so cool. Capone: She told me that ... Full Article

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