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angela435231

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Wonderful movie but not the best dream works film. A bit like Sonic X or Captain N but who cares? I don't care I just love and love this movie that i want to recommend. Too bad that there are not that many 3d in it but the 3d effects were still...
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Wonderful movie but not the best dream works film. A bit like Sonic X or Captain N but who cares? I don't care I just love and love this movie that i want to recommend. Too bad that there are not that many 3d in it but the 3d effects were still awesome and real. The action was superb and a good idea to make a another good movie about a 50 ft. woman voice of a talented girl Reese Witherspoon but yeah i did love this movie.

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Posted aug 2, 2009 5:14 am pt

woahwoah678

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It was a good movie.Even B.O.B was cool in this movie.I liked this movie.

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Posted may 13, 2009 9:09 am pt

killernitty

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This was a fantastic movie that played a many homage to Spielberg. The action, the comedy, the friendship of the characters were good for an animated film from DreamWorks SKG.......not Disney/Pixar!

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Posted apr 13, 2009 5:37 pm pt

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Dissappointed. First time I have ever been dissappointed by Pixar. The writing was substandard and the characters were undeveloped. There are some funny moments but overall seemed like someone wrote it on a lazy weekend. The 3-D was cool though.

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Posted apr 9, 2009 2:43 pm pt

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Good movie but it kinda lacks something. Sure, the humor is there and the characters are somewhat memorable but I couldn't stop thinking about the movie being so cliche and predictable. It's worth watching the first time but then you realized that...
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Good movie but it kinda lacks something. Sure, the humor is there and the characters are somewhat memorable but I couldn't stop thinking about the movie being so cliche and predictable. It's worth watching the first time but then you realized that there's nothing more to Monsters vs Aliens.

Did I enjoy the movie? Of course I did. I love the Blob. He's so cute and funny but I'm surprised that Monsters vs Aliens focused a lot more on Susan. I thought it was all about the five monsters in general but no, it focuses more on Susan, the giant woman. I think that's what Monsters vs Aliens lack: soul. The developers emphasized a lot in the humor and the plot that they left out some charm in the characters. Sure, they all have their own personalities but the monsters somehow lack souls which don't make them as memorable as they should be.

Anyway, it's my opinion and for me, Monsters vs Aliens is a good movie for the family, but overall nothing special.

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Posted apr 3, 2009 4:16 am pt

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This was another great movie. Just as I was hoping, it had a happy ending. I'm glad that Susan made friends with the other monsters. They all looked kinda cutesy in some way. I totally didn't expect the "OMG!" line from any of the...
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This was another great movie. Just as I was hoping, it had a happy ending. I'm glad that Susan made friends with the other monsters. They all looked kinda cutesy in some way. I totally didn't expect the "OMG!" line from any of the characters. Also, I was surprised to see how feminine Insectosaurus looked after it became a moth. I guess he/she was actually a caterpillar.

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Posted mar 27, 2009 1:22 pm pt

• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  83
  Pure, light entertainment.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  80
  Yayyyy, monsters!

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  80
  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.

  by Robert Wilonsky | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  80
  The richly multilayered picture tends to have a gently immersive effect, akin to a stroll through the world's most expensive diorama.

  by Jessica Winter | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  Full disclosure: I saw Monsters vs. Aliens in 2-D. No dorky plastic glasses, no alien ooze flying at my head. More full disclosure: I liked it.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
  75
  This is a pleasure to watch for everyone.

  by Staff (Not credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  75
  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.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  My favorite voice/animation combo, however, is Stephen Colbert's very terrestrial president of the United States.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  This is a lean 90 minutes, packed with laughs and age-appropriate thrills -- not to mention a solid lesson for girls about self-respect.

  by Perry Seibert | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  75
  Dazzling colors, winning characters and energetic visual effects all work in concert, with the 3-D animation serving to intensify the experience.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  70
  Another crowd-pleasing, expert-babysitting vaudeville turn.

  by Richard Corliss | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  70
  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.

  by Betsy Sharkey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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  Children won't get the references to atomic-age monster movies, but the film offers more than nostalgia: there are slyly funny performances by Seth Rogen as an omnivorous blue blob and Stephen Colbert as the U.S. president, who faces down, and then flees, an alien invasion.

  by Andrea Gronvall | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  70
  There is a nice mix of action with tender moments -- especially among the misfit monsters

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  A film of chuckles, smiles and light amusement rather than big laughs, galvanizing excitement and original invention.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »