This is a rare film: a non-Pixar animated film that isn’t irritating and avoids scatological jokes. While this still doesn’t compare to the brilliance of almost all of the Pixar films, its still better than 90% of the kids movies dumped into the culture every year.

Susan (Reese Witherspoon) is a meek bride-to-be who lives in the shadow of her narcissistic fiancee Derek (Paul Rudd). Susan is struck by a meteor on her wedding day. The radiation transforms her into a giant, later she is . Due to her monstrous size, she is captured by the government and renamed Ginormica. The government imprisons with other monsters: an amorphous blob named B.O.B. (Seth Rogen), a smart giant cockroach/scientist named Dr. Cockroach Ph. D. (Hugh Laurie) and a brutish monster known as The Missing Link (Will Arnett). A brood of aliens attack Earth and Ginormica and her new monster pals are enlisted to fight off the exterrestrial threat.

The plot for the film is predictable and a bit slow. On the upside, the script does have some bright spots in its characte work. This film is saved by its personality and light charm, that and it's a kid’s movie that’s actually safe for the kids. It is light on agenda and avoids crudity. Someone somewhere must have made a mistake.

While it is not a must-see, its also not a must-avoid-at-all-costs.



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Labels: animated, Hugh Laurie, Keifer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett

Director: Rob Letterman (Shark Tale) and Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2)
Actors: Seth Rogen (Knocked Up), Will Arnett (Blades of Glory), Paul Rudd (Diggers), Hugh Laurie (Flight of the Phoenix), Reese Witherspoon (American Psycho) and Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys)

Labels: animated, film, Hugh Laurie, Kiefer Sutherland, movie trailer, Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett

Merry Christmas - enjoy the birth of Christ by watching a couple of malcontents suffering through humorless strings of slapstick.






Screenwriter: Caleb Wilson and Matt Allen
Director: Seth Gordon (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters)
Actors: Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Vince Vaughn (Be Cool), Robert Duvall (Secondhand Lions) and Jon Favreau (The Replacements)

Labels: film, Jon Favreau, movie trailer, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Vince Vaughn