MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
HEADLINE: ** Monster Fun **
TITLE: MONSTERS VS. ALIENS
Quality: * * * * Acceptability: +1
SUBTITLES:
WARNING CODES:
Language: L
Violence: VV
Sex: None
Nudity: N
RATING: PG
RELEASE: March 27, 2009
TIME: 94 minutes
STARRING: The Voices of Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, and Paul Rudd
DIRECTOR: Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon
PRODUCERS: Lisa Stewart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: None
WRITERS: Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky, Jonathan Aibel, and Glenn Berger
BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY: N/A
DISTRIBUTOR: DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures
CONTENT: (BB, C, PP, Ro, Fe, Ev, L, VV, N, M) Strong moral worldview with redemptive elements and positive American qualities and ideals, plus, however, Romantic and feminist elements, and evolution talk about being a Missing Link; no obscenities and two light profanities, one during a song; strong action and comic violence such as people and creatures in jeopardy, aliens shot with laser guns, explosions, buildings and large objects destroyed, meteor lands, almost killing young woman; no sex, some kissing; side view of man's rear end when he must record it in order to get into a top secret facility; no alcohol; no smoking; and, ambiguous message about marriage and asexual blob creature with male voice first talks about romance with friend's fiancé then talks about romance with a Jell-O desert, which he refers to as a she.
GENRE: Action Comedy/Science Fiction
INTENDED AUDIENCE: All ages
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SUMMARY: MONSTERS VS. ALIENS is an action-packed animated spoof of 1950s science fiction movies, about a group of monsters sent by the government to defeat a tyrannical alien out to destroy and enslave the people of Earth. The fun - and the comedy - never lets up in MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, which has a lot of cartoon action violence and witty comedy.
IN BRIEF:
MONSTERS VS. ALIENS is an action-packed animated spoof of 1950s science fiction movies, in eye-popping 3-D. After being hit with energy from a meteor hurtling toward earth, Susan Murphy grows to 50 feet tall just when she's about to get married at the altar. The military springs into action, placing Susan into a secret government compound. There, the crazy general running the facility renames her Ginormica and incarcerates her with a ragtag group of monsters, including the insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, a walking amphibian named The Missing Link, a blob named Bob, and a 350-foot caterpillar named Insectosaurus. When a giant alien robot comes looking for the energy that transformed Susan, the government enlists Susan and the monsters to fight it.
The fun - and the comedy - never lets up in MONSTERS VS. ALIENS. In fact, this is one of the more exciting animated movies from DreamWorks. There is plenty of action violence, and some offbeat moments. Eventually, Susan learns to embrace her transformation and risks her own life to rescue her friends and Earth from the tyrannical alien who sent the giant robot. Except for little children, families will enjoy MONSTERS VS. ALIENS.
