Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 157
Fresh: 116 | Rotten: 41
Monster House welcoms kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 11
Monster House welcoms kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun.
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A suburban home has become physically animated by a vengeful human soul looking to stir up trouble from beyond the grave, and it's up to three adventurous kids from the neighborhood to do battle with the structural golem in this comically frightful tale, directed by Gil Kenan and featuring the voices of Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Kevin James. DJ Harvard (voice of Mitchel Musso) lives directly across the street from a most unusual house. A malevolent entity that longs to
PG, 1 hr. 31 min.
Jul 21, 2006 Wide
Oct 24, 2006
$73.7M
Sony Pictures Releasing
All Critics (161) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (123) | Rotten (42) | DVD (25)
Monster House benefits from strong graphic design and lovely lighting, but the script is nothing to write home about.
Until this animated horrorfest turns shrill, debuting director Gil Kenan delivers enough visual goods to justify the faith of producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis.
The storytelling skill in Monster House isn't always up to its visuals. But as a roller-coaster summer entertainment, it's a heck of a lot more fun than Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, not to mention a full hour shorter.
The difference between Monster House and most other animated movies is a little thing called story. It actually has one, and doesn't just trot out cheeky characters spewing gratuitous pop-culture references.
It's part story and part spectacle, with the two halves being nicely balanced to offer something for just about everyone.
This Monster House is a real fun house. It's a 3-D animated kids' film built on classic gothic horror lines, a jokey, spooky Goonies for the new millennium.
Frightful fun for tweens and up.
"Monster House" may well be the first mainstream animated exploitation movie.
A good laugh and technologically fascinating.
[Has] its moments of both scares and laughs.
It's too dark for the kiddies, while not having enough of an adult flavor to reach an older audience.
The most troubling element of the film is its conclusion ... which comes to rather alarming conclusions about how to deal with a resentful social outcast.
Delivers the freaky/funny goods for audiences of all ages.
Es realmente ingeniosa la manera cómo se logra extraer una aventura emocionante sin salir del micro mundo de un barrio, de una calle, de una vivienda y de unos pocos personajes.
A plodding and unimaginative screenplay.
A cleverly conceived, kid-friendly horror flick with a lot going for it, mixing clever asides in a thrill-a-minute roller coaster ride on the way to a finale with a satisfying send-off.
A cleverly conceived, kid-friendly horror flick with a lot going for it, mixing clever asides in a thrill-a-minute roller coaster ride on the way to a finale with a satisfying send-off.
Monster House doesn't give specifics about when it takes place, but I swear it must be the '80's.
Monster House is a terrific animated comedy horror film that is perfect for the Halloween season. Monster House has gotten tremendous flack for being too frightening for children, and in a way, I can see why. However I think there are enough things to enjoy about this film that will appeal for the entire family, no
October 30, 2011
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