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Mood:
- HumorousSuspensefulTouchingTense
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Plot:
- Young HeroesComing of AgeHeroic MissionHeroesYouthRescue
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Genres:
- AnimationFamilyFantasyHollywood Tone
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- IndoorsSuburbsHaunted House
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Score:
- Orchestral
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Look:
- Computer Animated3DMotion Capture
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Monster House, 2006
English
USA
Profile of Monster House
The mood of Monster House is humorous, tense, and touching. The plot centers around young heroes, coming of age, and a heroic mission. It is a family, animation, and fantasy movie. Stylistically, Monster House has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is fantastical. It takes place, at least partly, in a haunted house, indoors, and in the suburbs. Monster House happens in contemporary times. Visually, it is 3D, is computer animated, and involves motion capture effects. The musical score is orchestral. Monster House is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is especially suggested for kids and a family outing.
Summary of Monster House
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 house with human characteristics that actively frightens neighborhood folks as it attempts to reign over its inhabitants. One day, a trio of intrepid youngsters, sick of being terrorized, decide to fight back. They are cutely pubescent DJ (Mitchel Musso); his fumbling, chubby friend Chowder (Sam Lerner); and smart-as-a-whip tomboy Jenny (Spencer Locke), who immediately enchants the awkward boys. The local police are no help, so DJ, Chowder, and Jenny are left to their own clever devices, which result in a series of rollicking, hilarious, and sometimes scary adventures. A cast of colorful personalities surrounds the central characters, and they are voiced by luminaries who include Catherine O'Hara, Kevin James, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kathleen Turner, Steve Buscemi, and the brilliant Fred Willard. And teen hipsters will delight in hearing the droll voice of Jon Heder (the title character of cult hit NAPOLEON DYNAMITE) as a deadbeat pizza maker nicknamed "Skull." First-time director Gil Kenan proves spirited and highly adept at mastering such a high-tech production, and followers of animation will want to pay attention to the use of new digital techniques that stray away from straightforward computer drawing. MONSTER HOUSE is executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, who helmed the innovative and sophisticated animated feature WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? in 1988. He once again proves that family fare need not be alienating to older viewers, but can appeal to on every level from childhood and upward.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 15 June 2006 |
| Runtime: | 91 min |
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Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Dana Stevens
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kevin Crust
Users Reviews
- 15.August.2008
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- by: rose
- rose rated this movie6/10Okay
