
Monsters vs Aliens
Taste attributes: adventureanimationfamilyscience fictionactionrobots/ai/spacemonster/alien/supernaturalfastfresh & originallightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemanding
"When aliens attack, monsters fight back."
Boxlist takeA fantastical, fresh animated family film: breakneck and wide-ranging. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: very fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
6.2 /10
TMDB · 3,594 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...
Synopsis: TMDB
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
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Details
- Genre
- Adventure
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











