Telling me Russell Brand is part of the cast isn't doing yourself favors. I think films should advertise when he's not involved.

This trailer isn't doing too much. So, this is a knockoff of Spy vs. Spy in 3d? The ad doesn't give any reason to see the movie. Their selling point is that Steve Carell is providing his voice to the production. The least they could have done is insert a laugh or two into the pitch.

Perhaps there is more to the movie, but no one will know watching this trailer.








Screenwriters: Ken Daurio (Horton Hears a Who!) and Cinco Paul (The Santa Clause 2)
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud and Sergio Pablos
Actors: Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music), Ken Jeong (The Hangover), Jason Segel (I Love You, Man), Steve Carell (Get Smart), Kristen Wiig (Extract), Will Arnett (Blades of Glory), Danny McBride (The Fist Foot Way) and Miranda Cosgrove

Labels: Danny McBride, film, Julie Andrews, Ken Jeong, Kristen Wiig, movie trailer, Steve Carell, Will Arnett

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.



Related Reviews:
Animated movies
Kung-Fu Panda (2008)
Chicken Little (2005)


Other Critic’s Reviews:
Decent Films Guide
Roger Ebert

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

Screenwriters: David P.I. James, Cormac Wibberley (National Treasure) and Marianne Wibberley (National Treasure: Book of Secrets)
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
Actors: Nicholas Cage (Raising Arizona), Penelope Cruz (Vanilla Sky), Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs) and Will Arnett (Blades of Glory)

Labels: Bill Nighy, film, movie trailer, Nicholas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, 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