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

The television show was given to raunchy but very well-written comedy. I will admit to laughing harder at some of the episodes of this show than I have at anything I've seen. The trailer below is an indication of how sloppy the whole movie was handled. No laughs, poor production values and a cast that seemed eager to get through their lame lines so they could rush off to pick up their meager paychecks.







Screenwriter: Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello
Director: Paul Dinello
Actors: Amy Sedaris (Shrek the Third), Stephen Colbert (The Love Guru), Paul Dinello (Be Kind Rewind), Greg Hollimon, Ian Holm (The Day After Tomorrow), Dan Hedaya (Robots), and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)

Labels: Amy Sedaris, film, movie review, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert