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Friday, April 3, 2009
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Monsters vs. Aliens: Pleasant if often pedestrian
Posted By Contributing Intern on Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:42 PM
By Matt Brunson
With a title like Monsters vs. Aliens, the latest animated effort from DreamWorks sounds as if it could match all those Pixar gems in terms of emerging as a toon tale equally likely to entertain the adults as the small fry. After all, what film-lovin' grownup, specifically one weaned on a steady diet of '50s fantasy flicks playing all night on late-night TV, could resist a movie guaranteed to be crammed with more inside jokes than anybody could reasonably hope to absorb during the initial viewing?
Unfortunately, Monsters vs. Aliens doesn't come close to fulfilling what appeared to be its lot in (cinematic) life. Sure, there are plenty of bright colors and wacky characters and slapstick antics to amuse the children, but many adults will, to a degree, be left wanting.
Read the rest of Matt's review here.
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