Monsters vs. Aliens [Blu-ray]

Director: Peter Ramsey, Robert Letterman

Overview

When human-hating aliens disrupt earthbound cable-television signals, it's up to a monster-hunting superhero to take out the pesky extraterrestrials and ensure that television viewers are not deprived in this animated adaptation of the popular comic-book series. The DreamWorks Animation release is being helmed by Shrek 2 director Conrad Vernon and Shark Tale's Rob Letterman.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/05/2018
UPC:	0191329061237
Original Release:	2009
Rating:	PG
Source:	Dreamworks Animated
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	6,032

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rob Letterman	Actor
Bo Dietl	Actor
Reese Witherspoon	Susan Murphy/Ginormica
Hugh Laurie	Dr. Cockroach
Seth Rogen	B.O.B.
Will Arnett	Missing Link
Kiefer Sutherland	Gen. W.R. Monger
Stephen Colbert	The President
Rainn Wilson	Galaxhar
Paul Rudd	Derek Dietl
Julie White	Wendy Murphy
Jeffrey Tambor	Carl Murphy
Amy Poehler	Computer
Renée Zellweger	Katie
Jimmy Kimmel	Insectosaurus
Lisa Stewart	Bridesmaid Candy
Louise Bourgoin	Voices
Stéphane Freiss	Voices
Julien Doré	Voices
Dorothée Pousséo	Voices
Gilbert Lévy	Voices
Nessym Guetat	Voices
Mike Mitchell	Voices
Geoffrey Pomeroy	Voices
David P. Smith	Voices
Stine Stengade	Voices
Diana Amft	Voices
Oliver Kalkofe	Voices
Erich Räuker	Voices
Ralph Moeller	Voices
Tobias Meister	Voices
Frank Schaff	Voices
Peter Flechtner	Voices
Sebastian Höffner	Voices
Monica Bielenstein	Voices
Rüdiger Evers	Voices
Ranja Bonalana	Voices
Vera Teltz	Voices
Olaf Reichmann	Voices
Werner Ziebig	Voices
Latifa Ouaou	Panicked Guest / Female Advisor #2 / Mrs. Ronson / Advisor O
Gavin Greenaway	Conductor

Technical Credits

Maya Forbes

Wallace Wolodarsky

Rob Letterman

Conrad Vernon

Glenn Berger

Jonathan Aibel

Mike de Seve

Mark Osborne

Peter Ramsey	Director
Lisa Stewart	Producer
Jill Hopper	Producer
Susan Slagle Rogers	Producer
Latifa Ouaou	Producer
Maya Forbes	Screenwriter
Wallace Wolodarsky	Screenwriter
Rob Letterman	Screenwriter,Director
Conrad Vernon	Screenwriter
Glenn Berger	Screenwriter
Jonathan Aibel	Screenwriter
Mike de Seve	Screenwriter
Mark Osborne	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

With references to House of Wax, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and George Lucas, the first 30 seconds of DreamWorks' Monsters vs. Aliens makes it clear that the filmmakers wanted to pay homage to their favorite sci-fi films. Thankfully, the genre in-jokes aren't the focal point -- they just provide amusing window dressing so that movie-savvy parents can enjoy this elegantly simple tale as much as their kids. The story centers on Susan (Reese Witherspoon), a bride whose wedding goes spectacularly wrong when she she's hit by a meteor outside the church and proceeds to grow 50 feet tall. Immediately after her transformation, the military swoops in and whisks her away to a detention center for monsters. Among her fellow inmates are the gelatinous, blue B.O.B. (Seth Rogen at his best); the half-insect, half-mad scientist Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie); and the part fish, part human Missing Link (Will Arnett). Although Susan wants her freedom, she's told that this can never happen. But that changes when the evil alien Galaxhar (Rainn Wilson) threatens Earth, and General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) convinces the President (Stephen Colbert) that these monsters are the only weapons powerful enough to stop the intergalactic threat. The action set pieces all utilize 3-D technology to impressive effect, and the filmmakers construct them to maximize the "Wow!" factor -- particularly when Susan skates through the steep streets of San Francisco with cars on her feet. Because the screenwriters make Susan the center of the movie, they don't have to bother with character arcs for anybody else, and streamlining the storytelling in this way allows the movie to skip along from action to comedy and back again without slowing down. This is a lean 90 minutes, packed with laughs and age-appropriate thrills -- not to mention a solid lesson for girls about self-respect. And while those adults fond of '50s sci-fi movies will appreciate the numerous nods to some legendary genre films, the string of references won't get in the way for kids who, if they love Monsters vs. Aliens enough, may start to discover stuff like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Fly, and The Blob all on their own. And that's reason enough to like it.