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.
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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.
Theatrical Release:11-08-2006
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
Acceptable as a kids film only as a punishment tool.
07/20/06
Monster House is professionally assembled and contains a good amount of irreverent fun; as an adult, I dug a lot of it.
07/20/06
When all's said and done, you wish the film had been about Nebbercracker and his girl.
07/20/06
No cinematic dream house, but despite flaws in design and construction, it's worth a walk-through.
07/19/06
A spasmodic, cacophonous roller coaster ride.
07/19/06
Maintaining macabre spirit, Monster House is a happy horror film.
07/18/06
In this latest extravaganza from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, millions of dollars and long hours in the digital-animation studios have produced . . . a photorealistic, computer-animated, generic American suburb!
07/18/06
Roll out the welcome mat for Monster House - you'll be glad you did.
07/18/06
The animated feature Monster House might one day become an amusement-park ride -- it’s all about synergy, you know -- but it couldn’t be much more fun than in its present incarnation.
07/17/06
the PG-rated antics suck any tension away when you become fully aware that killer houses in kids' movies can't actually kill anything.
07/17/06
The Academy should seriously consider awarding the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar to Monster House, which is way, way better than Cars.
07/15/06
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
Across 90 minutes... the experience is desensitizing and dispiriting and far too insistent.
07/05/06
Top Critic... it's very weird and twisted in some of the areas it goes. But it's also just a ton of fun.
07/05/06
This Roald Dahl-esque tale and cornball fantasy never quite jell into a satisfying movie experience. The move feels frustratingly disjointed like that lumbering, disintegrating house storming down the street.
06/29/06
Top CriticThis is a great fantasy story, the kind of movie kids dream about in their back yards.
06/20/06
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:
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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