Set on Halloween, the script is original and nicely creepy, even when the boys are joined by a redhead named Jenny.
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09/23/06
Monster House (2006)
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Reviews Counted:155
Fresh:114
Rotten:41
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Monster House welcoms kids and adults alike into a household full of smart, monstrous fun.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Childrens
US Box Office: $73,661,010
Synopsis: MONSTER HOUSE is a feat of blockbusting filmmaking--a visually stunning, witty tale that is sure to stimulate children and their parents. The film focuses on an anthropomorphic mansion, a haunted... [More]
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nick Cannon, Jon Heder
Director: Gil Kenan
Reviews for Monster House
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticA rich, layered and often funny script, with some decent scares, as well as some knowing, hip scenes that satisfy with their edgy moments and lines.
09/02/06
Top Criticn 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.
08/10/06
Top CriticOne of the spooky archetypes of childhood imagination the dark, mysterious house across the street is literally brought to life in this marvelously creepy animated feature.
07/20/06
Top CriticDon't let this one pass you by on the big-screen. It's movie magic. The kind many of us thought died many summers ago.
07/23/06
Monster House, a frankly horrific and full-tilt hilarious family yarn about a man-snacking mansion. It's engineered to scare your pants off, split your sides and squeeze your tear ducts into submission.
07/21/06
The camera angles are dynamic, the dialogue wry, the story crackerjack, and the direction keeps everything moving along at just the right pace
07/14/06
owes more to Tim Burton than to the traditional Disney-style animated summer family movies
07/22/06
This doesn't have a clear target audience in mind.
07/28/06
Monster House is the most pleasant surprise of the year and will undoubtedly wind up on a certain list of mine at the end of the year.
07/21/06
(Monster House)...is a Goonies to get lost in, an amiable adventure yarn that has action and atmosphere to burn.
08/02/06
Most viewers will see this computer-animated movie on a conventional 2D screen. That's too bad, because, given the range of motion-capture effects and camera moves, the film was made for 3D.
07/20/06
In an era of meticulously muggy, corporate-vetted movies designed to launch possible franchises before the first film has even released, Monster House plays pleasingly to audiences of almost any age, driven by a strong sense of wonderment.
09/18/06
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11/20/08
It distinguishes itself as entertainment with a willingness to spill into macabre territory without losing its prepubescent sense of carefree, AM radio adventure and imagination.
07/20/06
Newfangled technology providing old-fashioned frights. Maybe these folks are on to something.
08/14/06
It's fun, funny, smart and even scary -- in that surreal, Gothic-style way that the old Universal horror movies such as Frankenstein were frightening.
07/21/06
Monster House is like an amusement park ride through a fun house. It's a great deal more fun than that other amusement park ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, and funnier than the summer's Pixar picture, Cars.
07/20/06
Trick and treat! Halloween seems oh so far away -- until Monster House rolls out its spooky, ooky welcome mat for kids of all ages.
07/21/06
Trick and treat! Halloween seems oh so far away -- until Monster House rolls out its spooky, ooky welcome mat for kids of all ages.
07/21/06
Latest News for Monster House
September 18, 2008:
Kenan and Zemeckis Reunite for Airman 
Director Gil Kenan and producer Robert Zemeckis, the duo that brought you "Monster House," have announced plans to film an adaptation of "Artemis Fowl" author Eoin Colfer's book... More...
July 31, 2007:
Sony Planning Three More Motion Capture Flicks
You know that fancy "motion capture animation" technique that's been employed in The Polar Express, Monster House, and the upcoming Beowulf? Looks like Sony Imageworks is... More...
July 26, 2007:
Box Office Guru Preview: Mmmmmmmmmmm Box Office Feast!
Bart, Lisa, and the whole gang from Springfield will charge into multiplexes across North America and much of the world this weekend in the highly anticipated animated comedy... More...
February 09, 2007:
Zemeckis & Lasseter to Deliver CG "John Carter of Mars"?
OK, a whole bunch of bloggers are falling all over each other to report this "speculation," but if they're on to something, it's a pretty big story. Well, a big story... More...
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