Monster House (2006)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 158
Fresh: 117 | Rotten: 41
Monster House welcoms kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 27 | 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
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Steve Buscemi
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Nick Cannon
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Jon Heder
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Kevin James
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Jason Lee
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Catherine O'Hara
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Kathleen Turner
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Fred Willard
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Mitchel Musso
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Sam Lerner
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Spencer Locke
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Ryan Newman (III)
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Woody Schultz
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Ian McConnel
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Erik Walker
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Kevin the Dog
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Blanchard Marissa
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Ranjani Brow
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Kimberly Beck Clark
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Miles Clark
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David Cowgill
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McKenna Cowgill
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Harrison Fahn
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Frannie Felder
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Spencer Lacey Ganus
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Bridget Hoffman
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Wendy Hoffman
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Mary Matilyn Mouser
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Emanuel Orlando
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Zoey Poll
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Zack Shada
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Justin Moran Shenkarow
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W.K. Stratton
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Hans Tester
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Corbett Tuck
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Ariel Winter
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Lora Witty
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Tyler Zaentz
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Kayleen Ancheta
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All Critics (163) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (124) | Rotten (42) | DVD (25)
n the pantheon of CGI films, it's one of the most adult-orientated animations yet. I don't need to tell you that the kids in the screening were enamoured from start to finish.
Top CriticMonster 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.
Frightful fun for tweens and up.
I suspect, and hope that "Monster House" will become a Halloween classic, because it's too fun to be forgotten.
"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.
Audience Reviews for Monster House
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- Mom: We'll be back tomorrow night. Oh. If anything happens, call the police and hide in your closet.
- Dad: He knows that.
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- Chowder: [DJ opens lock, to secret room in basement] We have a ping pong table in our basement.
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- Chowder: Try to be cool and calm like me. [actidantly turns on bulldozer they are in, causing him to freak out]
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- Officer Landers: I'll get back up!
- Officer Lister: I thought there was no backup!
- Officer Landers: I'm getting Judy! [gets grabbed by house and starts getting dragged into it] JUDDDDYYY!
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- Chowder: I spent 32 dollars for that ball, I mowed the lawn, and bagged my mom for a raise 28 times... I never worked that hard in my life.
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- Jenny: If that's the mouth, and that's the mouth, then that must be ublia .
- Chowder: Oh so it's a girl house.
- Jenny: What? No it simulates the gag reflects, everyone has a ublia.
- Chowder: Not me.
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