Product Details

• Actors: Seth Rogen, Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Paul Rudd
• Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: September 29, 2009
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GCUO7A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,751 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Monsters vs. Aliens" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

When Susan Murphy is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a “Monster” named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound filled with other “monsters” like herself. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, P.H.D.; the macho half-Ape-half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to save the world from imminent destruction.

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Code Brown, April 19, 2009

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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News Reporter: "Once again, a UFO has landed in America, the only country UFOs ever seem to land in."

Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):

1. Star studded cast lights up the screen (or at least their voices do) in a funny and action-packed computer-animated film from Dreamworks.
2. Reese Witherspoon is Susan Murphy, a sweet home Modesto girl who doesn't realize her true worth until she gets hit by a meteor. . .
3. . . . on her wedding day
4. The casting people outdo themselves with Seth Rogen as a brainless blob, Hugh Laurie as a mad doctor with the ethics of a cockroach, Rainn Wilson as an evil alien and Stephen Colbert as the President of the United States.
5. Think of a bigger, better Mars Attacks! and Spaceballs.

When an evil alien targets Earth as a source of "quantonium", the Government has only one option, and that is to call out the monsters under the command and supervision of General W. R. Monger (Keifer Sutherland).

General W.R. Monger: "This place is an X-file wrapped in a cover-up and deep-fried in a government conspiracy."

Other star vocal talent includes Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Jeffrey Tambor, Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski, among others.

The plot itself may not be a classic, but the animation and casting make it a movie you'll want to have in your collection.

Recommended, naturally, for fans of superior computer animation, monsters and aliens.


The President of the United States: "Boys, set the terror level at code brown, 'cause I need to change my pants."


Amanda Richards, April 19, 2009

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DreamWorks may have a good thing going here., October 7, 2009

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This review is from: Monsters vs. Aliens (DVD)

Dreamworks is having a very hard time trying to keep up the genuine perfection of PIXAR. Since these guys probably believe they never will surpass them the next best thing is to just make fun of them and everything else. So because of that mentality we get the latest DreamWorks film Monsters VS. Aliens.

MvA is the story of a young woman named Susan ready to take the next step in her life and marry the man of her dreams. Suddenly she is exposed to a meteor and starts to become a `big' problem. Now she is government property, has made a bunch of interesting new friends and is now part of a team that has been assembled to take down threats that the average man may not be able to handle. Her first mission, stop an alien invasion! Not too bad for the next step in Susan's life.

Monsters VS Aliens is a laugh out loud comedy that really appeals to a very diverse audience. There are numerous references to Sci-Fi pop culture and of course the Monsters in the movie pay tribute to all the classic B horror films of the 1950 until today. Some of those examples include, `The Creature of the Black Lagoon', `The Blob' and The `Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'. The cast is fantastic and of course we all knew that Seth Rogan would steal the show as he always does. Some of the other cast members include Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie and believe it or not a whole new side of Keifer Sutherland. What I loved about this movie was the fact that Stephen Colbert played the president and probably delivered the best line in the whole movie. I applaud `Monsters VS Aliens' for its original tribute to the Sci-Fi parody and it is definitely one of the few DreamWorks films that is very much worth the money. Since `Shrek' there really hasn't been a truly great DreamWorks animation film. (This is not including anything made by the Aardmen Studios). I have to say I am very excited for future DreamWorks parody projects. The two known ones on the horizon are `How To Train Your Dragon' which is a take on fantasy stories and `Oobermind' which is a take on Superheroes and comic books. Let's see what happens.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, in that totally generic and forgettable way..., May 13, 2010

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Andrew Ellington (I'm kind of everywhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monsters vs. Aliens (DVD)

As far as generic animated fare goes, `Monsters vs. Aliens' is cute and serviceable. I think 2009 kind of spoiled me, with great (and I mean GREAT) animated films like `Up' and `Coraline', so when I saw `Monsters vs. Aliens' I was let down. It killed my momentum a little. That said, when you take it in context it is likable and fun, and certainly suited for the whole family (as apposed to the creepy `Coraline' or the suggestive `Fantastic Mr. Fox').

My daughter and even my wife really liked this. I thought it was cute (if not totally clichéd) but nothing memorable.

Playing much like a rip off of `Mars Attacks' (I need to rewatch that movie again), `Monsters vs. Aliens' revolves around a group of nerdy monsters being kept under wraps by the government until they are needed to fight against some evil aliens who wants his quantonium back. The monsters are told that if they save the world they can have their freedom, so they take the job. Among the monsters is Susan Murphy, a young woman who was hit by the meteor on her wedding day and grew to gigantic proportions. She wants to reunite with her fiancé and find a cure, so she is more than willing to leave her prison and fight the aliens.

The film has its moments, but it isn't very memorable to be honest. There isn't anything here that is going to drive me to watch it again. To be honest, my daughter watched this and `Coraline' almost back to back and she has been asking me to put on `Coraline' again for days now. She hasn't mentioned this movie at all.

That said, some of the voice work is funny (mostly from Seth Rogan and Stephen Colbert) and some of the humor is chuckle worthy (especially most anything that comes out of B.O.B.'s mouth). The animation is standard yet vibrant and engaging, and I'm sure that this film gains some stars when viewed in 3-D (it looks like the type of movie that needs it to survive). It's not bad and it is entertaining, but it won't be one you watch over and over again.

And when I say clichéd, I mean CLICHED!