With a sensibility that falls somewhere between the Stephen King and Tim Burton, this is a horror movie for kids with bite, heart and a poignant happy ending that is entirely earned and completely rewarding.
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07/20/06
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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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
Kids may grow up too fast today to embrace the film's familiar message of the virtues of an unhurried adolescence, but it's nice to be reminded of the possibility.
07/20/06
Top CriticThe film is comprehensively creepy, often funny, a little bit touching, and exciting.
07/20/06
Kenan never loses sight of the wonderment that children (and adults) experience when the inanimate becomes animate.
07/20/06
Monster House is arguably the best family film so far this summer.
07/20/06
One 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 CriticMonster House becomes one of those wonderfully weird adventure stories beloved of children who don’t mind getting a good old-fashioned case of the heebie-jeebies. It’s kind of a blast for adults too.
07/20/06
Feature first-timer Gil Kenan directs with a zingy sense of kids, comedy, fright, and visual perspective.
07/20/06
Monster House is an eyesore.
07/20/06
Top CriticAfter a promising beginning, with some clever dialogue -- Monster House can't figure out where to go.
07/20/06
A feast for the eyes, Monster House should become a mainstay of the Halloween season.
07/20/06
It's equal parts funny and frightening, and should, like its two-decades-old predecessors, turn into a slumber-party staple. But really -- you must be this tall to ride this ride.
07/20/06
Easily the best computer-animated feature to come from Hollywood in a long while, Monster House is also one of the weirdest.
07/20/06
When the fat lady finally sings -- the filmmakers turn up the volume and the visuals explode. It's these sensations, and not necessarily the content, that might overwhelm some youngsters.
07/20/06
The picture is yet another entry in the if-you-animate-it-they-will come (they being parents and kids) summer sweepstakes.
07/20/06
The ultimate movie for 10-year-old boys.
07/20/06
The movie might become one day a thrilling amusement-park ride, but for now, it's mediocre and generic kids animation tale with uneven special effects (some corny) that would have benefited from a release around Halloween, when the yarn is set.
07/20/06
Seems less a joyous return to innocence and more like the nightmares we have while contemplating the real-estate market.
07/20/06
The lone minority character is a complete fool and the onscreen kids either mock or fear the overweight, both pretty monstrous messages to send to a young audience.
07/20/06
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:
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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"?
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